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The '''Church of Ukraine''' is an [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox church whose [[primate]] is confirmed by the [[Church of Russia]]. Its history extends to the introduction of Christianity into Kievan Rus' with the [[baptism]] of Prince St. [[Vladimir of Kiev]] and his people in 988, known as the [[Baptism of Rus']]. Its current primate is His Beatitude [[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Volodymyr (Sabodan)]], Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine.
==History==
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==Ukrainian Orthodox divisions==
Only the UOC-MP is currently in [[full communion]] with the [[Church of Russia]] and the remainder of the mainstream Orthodox Church.
==Ukrainian Orthodoxy abroad==
Orthodox churches of the Ukrainian tradition outside of Ukraine are mainly cared for by the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]], including:
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]]
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]
==See also==
*[[Union of Brest-Litovsk]]
==External links==
*[http://pravoslavye.org.ua/ UOC-MP] (official site)
*[http://www.orthodox.org.ua/ Orthodoxy in Ukraine]
[[Category:Jurisdictions]]