On Wednesday, January 9th, 2019, the members of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate signed the PATRIARCHAL AND SYNODAL TOMOS for the Bestowal of the Ecclesiastical Status of Autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
His All-Holiness signed the parchment of the Tomos during a special ceremony, on Saturday, January 5th, in the Patriarchal Church of St George at the Phanar.
photo credit: Nicholas Manginas / Ecumenical Patriarchate