CDZ Is the Patriarch of Constantinople Giving Legitimacy to the Ukraine by Recognising its Church?

[JimBowie1958]

This is a religious event, but it seems to have far reaching political repercussions.

Does this in effect recognise the Ukraine as truly independent of the Russian hegemony?

Orthodox patriarch signs decree on independent Ukraine church - Breitbart

 

[Care4all]

Does this in effect recognise the Ukraine as truly independent of the Russian hegemony?

For the orthodox church, it does... imo.