On 4 January, on the premises of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, with the blessing of Metropolitan Volodymyr, Metropolitan Pavel of Vyshhorod and Chornobyl presented to Ukraine’s prime minister, Mykola Azarov, the highest award of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate.
The award was presented to Mr. Azarov for his special merits with respect to the UOC-MP.