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Patriarchs Kirill, Bartholomew to meet in Istanbul on Aug 31

The upcoming meeting will improve relations and shame those who are trying to solve their own problems by splitting the Church, according to a Ukrainian Orthodox Church spokesman. "There are reasons to believe that this will be a positive event for global Christian Orthodoxy and will relax relations between the Constantinople and Moscow Patriarchates, thus improving the general climate in inter-Orthodox relations," the deputy head of Department for External Church Relations Archpriest Nikolay Danilevich wrote on Facebook

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