Sovereignty and the Granting Of Tomos

Sovereignty and the Granting Of Tomos

Bartholomew is a well established and known Greek Orthodox Patriarch; he is a well respected spiritual head worldwide leading a great population of Orthodox Christians globally. Bartholomew made an official recognition of the created independent and unified church of the entire Moscow Patriarchate in Istanbul. Nevertheless, this was one move that was met with a persistent resisting campaign that had existed over a period in the history of Russia (Wawrzonek 14). Bartholomew, therefore, signed a recognized decree which grants autocephaly, as well as independence, to Ukraine’s Orthodox Church which ended the Russian reign and religious control over Ukraine which had lasted for over three hundred and thirty years.