Ukraine church council names new leader in decisive split from Moscow
Ukraine chose the head of a new national Orthodox church on Saturday, marking an historic split from Russia which its leaders see as vital to the country's security and independence.
President Petro Poroshenko said 39-year-old Metropolitan Epifaniy of the Kiev Patriarchate church had been chosen as head of the church by a 200-strong council, comparing the move to Ukraine's referendum for independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
'This day will go into history as a sacred day ... the day of the final independence from Russia, Poroshenko told thousands of supporters, who shouted 'Glory, glory, glory.'...
