The newly founded Ukrainian Orthodox Church held its first Christmas mass in the Ukraine capital of Kiev. The service comes just hours after church leaders formally received a decree of independence at a ceremony in Istanbul, ending more than three centuries of Russian influence. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko had campaigned for the split, which has provoked anger in Moscow.
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