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Zelensky promises Patriarch Bartholomew: state won't interfere in church affairs

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has expressed its contentment with that meeting. "This sends a good signal to the church. One would like to hope that the era of brazen use of the church factor and gross state intervention in church affairs is left behind," the UOC deputy head of Department for External Church Relations Archpriest Nikolay Danilevich said

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