The Ukrainian Security Service conducted searches on Archpriest Mykola Danylevych, Deputy Head of the Synodal Department of External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP).
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Expressing his hopes for unity, the Patriarch suggested that an agreement on a common date for Easter, which is calculated differently, could be reached as early as next year.
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