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.
Artist and activist Rustem Skybin fled the Russian occupation of Crimea in March 2014. In spite of many obstacles, he has opened a studio in Kyiv to revive the traditions...