On the obverse of the coin are placed: below: the small State Emblem of Ukraine (left) and the semicircle of the inscription: UKRAINE, the year of minting of the coin 2019 and the value of FIFTY GRYVEN; in the center - a stylized cross-shaped composition, topped with a gilded seal of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's press. RUSSIAN, SERBIAN on the left, RUMENSKY under it, BULGARIAN below, GEORGIAN on the left, CYPRUS above it, ELADA on the left, POLISH above, ALBAN on the right, CZECH LANDS on the right SLOVAKIA, UKRAINIAN above it.
Devoted to the event, which marked the thousand-year path of the Ukrainian church from creation to independence, - rendering Tomos about the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Tomos, the text of which was adopted by the Bishops ’Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, officially approves the canonical autocephalous status of the Orthodox Church as one of the 15 local Orthodox churches.