What did 12 October 2019 bring for Ukraine abroad?
A look back at a boxing victory in the ring and a church decision in Greece, both reported on 12 October 2019.
What had Ukraine to mark as 13 October 2019 began? Two reports dated 12 October 2019, one from sport and one from church affairs, set the picture.
In the ring, Oleksandr Usyk won by early stoppage in his debut fight at super heavyweight, against the American Chazz Witherspoon.
The second report came from Greece. At an extraordinary session, the Council of the Orthodox Church of Greece recognised the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (the OCU).
The two items were unrelated, but both were reported on the same day and both drew attention to Ukraine beyond its borders: one through an athlete's debut in a new weight class, the other through a decision by a church body abroad.
