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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrives at Kiev's Saint Sophia Cathedral while several thousands of Ukrainians rally outside ahead of a historic synod expected to establish an Orthodox church independent from Russia. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko takes part in Ukraine's newly created independent Orthodox Church's first service in Kiev after a historic break with the Russian Orthodox Church that has enraged Moscow. The service came a day after the Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew based in Istanbul handed over a formal decree that finalised recognition of Ukraine's new Church. IMAGES
Chilean President Gabriel Boric signs a decree officiating a plan to find the missing victims of the country's dictatorship, at a ceremony held outside La Moneda Palace in the capital city of Santiago. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signs the guestbook at Bellevue Palace, the German president's official residence, in which he thanks Berlin for its backing in Kyiv's battle against Moscow troops, calling Germany a "true friend" during his first visit since Russia's invasion. IMAGES
Hundreds of worshippers attend a historic service at the famed Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery as Ukrainians marked Orthodox Christmas under the shadow of war. In a first, Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, leads a Christmas divine liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of the 11th century Lavra, the pro-Western country's most signifiant Orthodox monastery. IMAGES
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