UPDATE 1-Christmas joy and anger for rival Orthodox churches in historic Kyiv monastery

Although the OCU soon had more worshippers than the old church, the UOC maintained control of over 12,000 churches, including the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra complex. Ukraine's government institutions and local press often refer to the UOC as the "Moscow Patriarchate", a label the church rejects.

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