The text of the Tomos on granting autocephaly to Ukraine's Orthodox Church does not exist, although there is a draft, Yaroslav Kotsiuba, author of an expert analysis for the Institute of World Policy, has said.

"A couple of months ago there was information that Tomos was already written. This is incorrect. We managed to find out that it is not yet written. There is not text, only a draft document," Kotsiuba said in Kyiv on Monday.

According to the expert, writing Tomos is not a big problem. He said a similar document issued to the Polish Orthodox Church in 1924 could be used as a template.

Kotsiuba spoke about three components of the Tomos - the rationale, where it will be said that "the territory of Ukraine is the former territory of the Kyiv Metropolis" and that the Patriarchate of Constantinople gives its consent to the creation of an autocephalous church in Ukraine.

"The second part of the document stipulates all the rights and liabilities of the newly created church, and the third part includes the signatures of the Constantinople bishops – that's what this document will be – three pages of text," the expert explained.

The Kyiv-based Interfax-Ukraine news agency has learned that representatives of the Patriarchate of Constantinople have almost completed the coordination of the provision of Tomos with local churches, with the exception of Albania.

"The single absolute opponent of autocephaly is the Russian Orthodox Church," Kotsiuba said.