Ukraine aspires to get its church to go away from Russian patriarchate and become "autocephalous." Why is it important? How is Russia using orthodoxy as its soft power? What will happen after Constantinople gave a green light for Ukraine's autocephaly? Watch a conversation between Hromadske journalist Natalya Gumenyuk with UkraineWorld editor in chief Volodymyr Yermolenko, as well as with Kyrylo Hovorun, one of Ukraine's prominent orthodox theologians.
People from many ethnic backgrounds were born in Ukraine, studied or worked here, or had parents who were born in Ukraine. Here are several most prominent Ukraine-born...
