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independence=1990 |
 
independence=1990 |
 
recognition= 1990 by [[Church of Russia]] |
 
recognition= 1990 by [[Church of Russia]] |
primate=[[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Metr. Volodymyr]]|
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primate=[[Onuphrius (Berezovsky) of Kiev|Metr. Onuphrius]]|
 
hq=Kiev, Ukraine|
 
hq=Kiev, Ukraine|
 
territory=Ukraine|
 
territory=Ukraine|
 
possessions= N/A|
 
possessions= N/A|
 
language=[[Church Slavonic]], & Ukrainian|
 
language=[[Church Slavonic]], & Ukrainian|
music=[[Kyivan Chant]]|
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music=[[Kievan Chant]]|
 
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
 
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
 
population=35,000,000|
 
population=35,000,000|
website=[http://pravoslavye.org.ua/ UOC-MP]
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website=[http://orthodox.org.ua/eng UOC]
 
}}
 
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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)]] (who resides at the [[Monastery of the Kiev Caves|Kiev Pechersk Lavra]], which is the heartbeat of Ukrainian Orthodoxy), Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine.  Its autonomy is currently not recognized in international Orthodox gatherings.
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The '''Church of Ukraine''' is an [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox church whose [[primate]] is confirmed by the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].  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 Onufriy (Berezovkyi), (who resides at the [[Monastery of the Kiev Caves|Kiev Pechersk Lavra]], which is the heartbeat of Ukrainian Orthodoxy), Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine.  Its autonomy is currently not recognized in international Orthodox gatherings.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
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=== Autocephaly ===
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6 January 2018 Ukrainian bishops under [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] (including 2 former [[Moscow Patriarchate]] bishops who recognized Constantinople [[jurisdiction]] over Ukraine) recieved [[autocephaly]] for Church of Ukraine<ref>[https://www.ec-patr.org/docdisplay.php?lang=gr&id=2674&tla=gr H επίσημη απονομή του Τόμου Αυτοκεφαλίας στην εν Ουκρανία Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία]</ref>.
  
 
==Ukrainian Orthodox divisions==
 
==Ukrainian Orthodox divisions==
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:''Main article:  [[Orthodox divisions in Ukraine]]''
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Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine is currently divided into two main factions:
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*Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP) <!-->(which this article covers)</-->
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*Church of Ukraine (OCU), autocephalous in full communion with Ecumenical Patriarchate
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The Ukrainian Church with about 9.5 million faithful is under the canonical jurisdiction of Moscow; the two breakaway churches with 14.5 million faithful combined, developed after the fall of the Soviet Union.<ref>[http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15841 A Schism in the Orthodox Church?] George Gilson. Spero News, August 01, 2008</ref>
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In 2018 Ecumenical Patriarchate restored its canonical jurisdiction under Ukraine, accepted all bishops from [[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]] (UOC-KP) and  [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] (UAOC), as well as 2 bishops from UOC-MP, and 6 January 2019 granted autocephaly for Church of Ukraine. Moscow Patriarchate didn't recognize this decision.
  
[[Image:Kpl.JPG|right|thumb|Kiev Pechersk Lavra]]
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Currently UOC-MP is in [[full communion]] with the [[Church of Russia]] but not recognized by Ecumenical Patriarchate. Autocephalous OCU is in [[full communion]] with the [[Church of Constantinople]] but not recognized by Moscow Patriarchate.
:''Main article:  [[Orthodox divisions in Ukraine]]''
 
  
Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine is currently divided into three main factions:
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===Orthodox-Eastern Catholic divisions===
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In 2004, there were 10,310 Ukrainian Orthodox and 3,328 [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] Greek Catholic (UGCC) congregations registered in Ukraine.<ref>[http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20050630/40819891.html Ukraine: Conflict between Orthodoxy and Greek Catholicism]</ref>
  
*Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP) (which this article covers)
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In 2010 there were 11,791 canonical and 5,710 non-canonical Orthodox congregations in Ukraine, and 3,599 Greek Catholic congregations<ref>[https://risu.org.ua/en/index/resourses/statistics/ukr2010 Religious Organizations in Ukraine as of 1 January, 2010]</ref>
*[[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]] (UOC-KP)
 
*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] (UAOC)
 
  
Only the UOC-MP is currently in [[full communion]] with the [[Church of Russia]] and the remainder of the mainstream Orthodox Church.
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As of 1 January 2018 there were 12,064 congregations under [[Moscow Patriarchate]] jurisdiction, 5,855 independent congregations that were in October accepted into [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]], 200 non-canonical Orthodox congregations, and 3,765 Greek Catholic congregations<ref>[https://risu.org.ua/ua/index/resourses/statistics/ukr_2018/70440/ Religious Organizations in Ukraine as of 1 January, 2018 (in ukrainian)]</ref>.
  
 
==Structure of the Church==
 
==Structure of the Church==
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Church of Ukraine in 2007 has 42<ref>http://orthodox.org.ua/uk/2007/08/23/1626.html , http://orthodox.org.ua/uk/istoriya_eparhiy_0 (in ukrainian).</ref> [[diocese|dioceses]] (eparchies):
  
Church of Ukraine in 2007 has 40<ref>http://orthodox.org.ua/uk/2007/08/23/1626.html , http://orthodox.org.ua/uk/istoriya_eparhiy_0 (in ukrainian).</ref> [[diocese|dioceses]] (eparchies):
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#Diocese of Berdyansk<ref>Transliteration of cities according to [[w:Administrative divisions of Ukraine]].</ref> (established in 2007)
 
 
#Diocese of Berdiansk<ref>Transliteration of cities according to [[w:Administrative divisions of Ukraine]].</ref> (established in 2007)
 
 
#Diocese of Bila Tserkva (1030th as Diocese of Yuriiv; re-established in 1994)
 
#Diocese of Bila Tserkva (1030th as Diocese of Yuriiv; re-established in 1994)
 
#Diocese of Cherkasy (1898)
 
#Diocese of Cherkasy (1898)
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#Diocese of Horlivka (1994)
 
#Diocese of Horlivka (1994)
 
#Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk (1946)
 
#Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk (1946)
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#Diocese of Kahovka
 
#Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsk (1795)
 
#Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsk (1795)
 
#Diocese of Kharkiv (1799; 1836)
 
#Diocese of Kharkiv (1799; 1836)
 
#Diocese of Kherson (1775; 1837; 1991)
 
#Diocese of Kherson (1775; 1837; 1991)
#Diocese of Khmelnytsk (1795; 1990)
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#Diocese of Khmelnytskyi (1795; 1990)
 
#Diocese of Khust (1994)
 
#Diocese of Khust (1994)
 
#Diocese of Kirovohrad (1947)
 
#Diocese of Kirovohrad (1947)
 
#Diocese of Konotop (1994)
 
#Diocese of Konotop (1994)
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#Diocese of Kremenchuk
 
#Diocese of Kryvyi Rih (1996)
 
#Diocese of Kryvyi Rih (1996)
#Diocese of Kyiv (Kiev) (988)
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#Diocese of Kiev (Kyiv) (988)
 
#Diocese of Luhansk (1944)
 
#Diocese of Luhansk (1944)
 
#Diocese of Lviv (1156)
 
#Diocese of Lviv (1156)
#Diocese of Mukachiv (9 century)
 
 
#Diocese of Mykolaiv (1992)
 
#Diocese of Mykolaiv (1992)
 
#Diocese of Nizhyn (2007)
 
#Diocese of Nizhyn (2007)
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#Diocese of Ternopil (1988)
 
#Diocese of Ternopil (1988)
 
#Diocese of Tulchyn (1994)
 
#Diocese of Tulchyn (1994)
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#Diocese of Uzhhorod and Mukacheve (9 century; 2007)
 
#Diocese of Vinnytsia (1933)
 
#Diocese of Vinnytsia (1933)
 
#Diocese of Volodymyr-Volynskyi (992; 1996)
 
#Diocese of Volodymyr-Volynskyi (992; 1996)
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==Current episcopacy==
 
==Current episcopacy==
 
 
By their rank<ref>In Ukrainian (and Russian) tradition "[[metropolitan]]" is higher status than "[[archbishop]]".</ref>.
 
By their rank<ref>In Ukrainian (and Russian) tradition "[[metropolitan]]" is higher status than "[[archbishop]]".</ref>.
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The Church currently has 58 bishops (42 diocesan bishops, 12 vicar bishops, and 4 retired), which consists of 10 [[metropolitan]]s, 21 [[archbishop]]s, and 26 [[bishop]]s.  There is also 8516 priests, and 443 deacons.[http://orthodox.org.ua/uk/node/227]
  
 
===Primate===
 
===Primate===
# [[Volodymyr (Sabodan)]], metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine, [[Primate]] (Predstoyatel) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
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# [[Volodymyr (Sabodan)]], metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine, [[Primate]] (Predstoyatel) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
  
 
===Diocesan bishops===
 
===Diocesan bishops===
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# Onufriy (Berezovkyi), metropolitan of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna (1990)
 
# Onufriy (Berezovkyi), metropolitan of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna (1990)
 
# Ilarion (Shukalo), metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol (1991)
 
# Ilarion (Shukalo), metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol (1991)
# Antoniy (Fialko), metropolitan of Khmelnytsk and Starokostiantyniv (1992)
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# Antoniy (Fialko), metropolitan of Khmelnytskyi and Starokostiantyniv (1992)
 
# Mark (Petrovtsiy), archbishop of Sumy and Ohtyrka (1988)
 
# Mark (Petrovtsiy), archbishop of Sumy and Ohtyrka (1988)
 
# Ionafan (Yeletskykh), archbishop of Tulchyn and Bratslav (1989)
 
# Ionafan (Yeletskykh), archbishop of Tulchyn and Bratslav (1989)
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# Vasyliy (Zlatolynskyi), archbishop of Zaporizhia and Melitopol (1990)
 
# Vasyliy (Zlatolynskyi), archbishop of Zaporizhia and Melitopol (1990)
 
# Serhiy (Hensytskyi), archbishop of Ternopil and Kremenetsk (1991)
 
# Serhiy (Hensytskyi), archbishop of Ternopil and Kremenetsk (1991)
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# Feodor (Hayun), archbishop of Kamyanets'-Podilskyi and Horodotskyi (1992)
 
# Sofroniy (Dmytruk), archbishop of Cherkasy and Kaniv (1992)
 
# Sofroniy (Dmytruk), archbishop of Cherkasy and Kaniv (1992)
 
# Vissarion (Stretovych), archbishop of Ovruch and Korosten (1992)
 
# Vissarion (Stretovych), archbishop of Ovruch and Korosten (1992)
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# Avhustyn (Markevych), archbishop of Lviv and Halych (1992)
 
# Avhustyn (Markevych), archbishop of Lviv and Halych (1992)
 
# Anatoliy (Hladkyi), archbishop of Sarny and Polissia (1993)
 
# Anatoliy (Hladkyi), archbishop of Sarny and Polissia (1993)
# Symeon (Shostatskyi), archbishop of Vinnytsia and Mohylev-Podilskyi (1996)
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# Huriy (Kuzmenko), archbishop of Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynsk (1994)
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# Symeon (Shostatskyi), archbishop of Vinnytsia and Mohyliv-Podilskyi (1996)
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# Yefrem (Kytsay), archbishop of Kryvoriz and Nikopol' (1996)
 
# Ioann (Siopko), archbishop of Kherson and Tavria (1996)
 
# Ioann (Siopko), archbishop of Kherson and Tavria (1996)
 
# Mytrofan (Yurchuk), archbishop of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav (2000)
 
# Mytrofan (Yurchuk), archbishop of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav (2000)
# Feodor (Hayun), archbishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi and Horodotsk (1992)
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# Fylyp (Osadchenko), archbishop of Poltava and Myrhorod (2001)
# Yefrem (Kytsay), archbishop of Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol (1996)
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# Panteleimon (Romanovsky), bishop of Kirovohrad and Novomyrhorod (1992)
# Fylyp (Osadchenko), archbishop of Poltava and Kremenchuh (2001)
 
# Panteleymon (Romanovsky), bishop of Kirovohrad and Novoarchanhelsk (1992)
 
# Ipolyt (Khylko), bishop of Khust and Vynohradiv (1992)
 
# Huriy (Kuzmenko), bishop of Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynsk (1994)
 
 
# Inokentiy (Shestopal), bishop of Konotop and Hlukhiv (1996)
 
# Inokentiy (Shestopal), bishop of Konotop and Hlukhiv (1996)
 
# Amvrosiy (Polikopa), bishop of Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi (1998)
 
# Amvrosiy (Polikopa), bishop of Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi (1998)
# Ahapit (Bevtsyk), bishop of Mukachevo and Uzhhorod (1998)
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# Ahapit (Bevtsyk), bishop of Syeverodonets' and Starobil' (1998)
# Panteleymon (Bashchuk), bishop of Olexandria and Svitlovodsk (2000)
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# Panteleimon (Bashchuk), bishop of Olexandria and Svitlovodsk (2000)
 
# Mytrofan (Nikitin), bishop of Horlivka and Slovyansk (2007)
 
# Mytrofan (Nikitin), bishop of Horlivka and Slovyansk (2007)
 
# Yelysey (Ivanov), bishop of Berdiansk and Prymorsk (2007)
 
# Yelysey (Ivanov), bishop of Berdiansk and Prymorsk (2007)
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# Volodymyr (Melnyk), bishop of Shepetivka and Slavuta (2007)
 
# Volodymyr (Melnyk), bishop of Shepetivka and Slavuta (2007)
 
# Ilariy (Shyshkovskyi), bishop of Severodonetsk and Starobilsk (2007)
 
# Ilariy (Shyshkovskyi), bishop of Severodonetsk and Starobilsk (2007)
# Panteleimon (Luhovyi), archimandrite (October 18, 2007), will be bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia (2007)
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# Panteleimon (Luhovyi), bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia (2007)
  
 
===Auxiliary bishops===
 
===Auxiliary bishops===
# Pavlo (Lebid), archbishop of Vyshhorod (Metropolis of Kyiv), governor-general of [[Kiev-Pechersk Lavra]] (1997)
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# Mykolaj (Hrokh), archbishop of Bilohorod (Metropolis of Kiev) (1992)
# Mykolay (Hrokh), archbishop of Bilohorod (Metropolis of Kyiv) (1992)
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# Pavel (Lebid), archbishop of Vyshhorod (Metropolis of Kiev), [[superior]] of [[Kiev-Pechersk Lavra]] (1997)
# Volodymyr (Moroz), archbishop of Pochaiv (Metropolis of Kyiv), governor-general of [[Pochaiv Lavra]] (2000)
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# Onufriy (Lehkyi), archbishop of Izyum (Diocese of Kharkiv) (2000)
# Onufriy (Lehkyi), bishop of Izum (Diocese of Kharkiv) (2000)
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# Volodymyr (Moroz), archbishop of Pochaiv (Metropolis of Kiev), superior of [[Pochaev Lavra of the Dormition of the Theotokos|Pochaiv Lavra]] (2000)
# Luka (Kovalenko), bishop of Vasylkiv (Metropolis of Kyiv) (2005)
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# Luka (Kovalenko), bishop of Vasylkiv (Metropolis of Kiev) (2005)
 
# Arseniy (Yakovenko), bishop of Sviatohirsk (Diocese of Horlivka) (2005)
 
# Arseniy (Yakovenko), bishop of Sviatohirsk (Diocese of Horlivka) (2005)
 
# Meletiy (Yehorenko), bishop of Khotyn (Diocese of Chernivtsi) (2006)
 
# Meletiy (Yehorenko), bishop of Khotyn (Diocese of Chernivtsi) (2006)
 
# Oleksiy (Hrokha), bishop of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsk (Diocese of Odessa) (2006)
 
# Oleksiy (Hrokha), bishop of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsk (Diocese of Odessa) (2006)
# Antoniy (Pakanych), bishop of Boryspil (Metropolis of Kyiv) (2006)
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# Antoniy (Pakanych), bishop of Boryspil (Metropolis of Kiev) (2006)
# Varnava (Filatov), bishop of Makiivka (Diocese of Donetsk) (2007)
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# Varnava (Filatov), bishop of Makiyivka (Diocese of Donetsk) (2007)
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# Serafym (Demyaniv), bishop of Yahotyn (Metropolis of Kiev) (2007)
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# Alexander (Drabynko), bishop of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi (Metropolis of Kiev), secretary of the Metropolitan of Kiev (2007)
  
 
===Retired bishops===
 
===Retired bishops===
# Mefodiy (Petrovtsiy), ex bishop of Khust and Vynohradiv (1994-1998)
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# Mefodiy (Petrovtsiy), ex-bishop of Khust and Vynohradiv (1994-1998)
# Alipiy (Pohrebniak), schibishop<ref>Bishop in monastic schema.</ref>, ex bishop of Horlivka and Slovyansk (1991-1997)
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# Alipiy (Pohrebniak), schibishop<ref>Bishop in monastic schema.</ref>, ex-bishop of Horlivka and Slovyansk (1991-1997)
# Serhiy (Zaliznytskyi), schibishop, ex bishop Serafim of Severodonetsk and Starobilsk (1994-2007)
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# Ipolyt (Khylko), ex-bishop of Khust and Vynohradiv (1992-2006)
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# Serhiy (Zaliznytskyi), schibishop, ex-bishop Serafim of Severodonetsk and Starobilsk (1994-2007)
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==Monasteries==
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*[[Samara Desert-Nicholas Monastery]], Novomoskovsk, Ukraine.
  
 
==Ukrainian Orthodoxy abroad==
 
==Ukrainian Orthodoxy abroad==
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*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]]
 
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]]
 
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]
 
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]
*[[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]]
 
  
There are also Ukrainian parishes outside of Ukraine in dioceses of [[Moscow Patriarchate]].
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These Orthodox churches have frequently maintained good relations with all the Orthodox Church jurisdictions in Ukraine. As examples, both North American jurisdictions have former priests of the three major Orthodox jurisdictions in their respective Churches, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada blesses the use of a select number of books from the Kievan Patriarchate as Ukrainian translations. [http://uocc.ca/pdf/documents/Blessing%20of%20Books.PDF]
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However, tensions have emerged recently with the expansion of UOC-KP parishes into North America outside of the jurisdictions of the already standing UOC.[http://saveouruoc.com/frontpage.html][http://www.saveouruoc.com/coopercity.html] There are also Ukrainian parishes outside of Ukraine in dioceses of [[Moscow Patriarchate]] [http://orthodox.org.ua/eng/node/54].
  
But even outside the Ukraine there are splinter groups.  These include
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But even outside the Ukraine there are numerous splinter groups.  These include
*[[Autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America]] (AUOCA) which was formerly known as the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - Canonical and which claims its lineage through the Tomos of Autonomy of 1924 given by the Orthodox Church of Poland.
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*[[Autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America]] (AUOCA) which was formerly known as the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - Canonical and which claims its lineage through the [[Tomos]] of Autonomy of 1924 given by the Orthodox Church of Poland.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Union of Brest-Litovsk]]
 
*[[Union of Brest-Litovsk]]
 
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*[[List of Metropolitans of Kiev]]
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==External links==
 
==External links==
*[http://www.orthodox.org.ua/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church], official website
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*[http://www.orthodox.org.ua/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church], official website (Ukrainian, Russian)
*[http://pravoslavye.org.ua/ UOC-MP]  
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*[http://www.orthodox.org.ua/eng/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church], official website (English)
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*[http://pravoslavye.org.ua/ Orthodox Ukraine], website of UOC press service (Ukrainian, Russian)
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*[http://orthodoxy.org.ua/ Orthodoxy in Ukraine], UOC news website (Ukrainian, Russian)
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*[http://uaoc.org/ Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of North and South America and the Diaspora], official website (English, Ukrainian, Spanish)
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*[http://www.uaocamerica.org/ Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church of America], official website (English)
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*[http://www.ugcc.org.ua/ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church], official website (English, Ukrainian, Russian)
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*[http://www.uocc.ca/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada], official website (English, Ukrainian)
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*[http://www.uocofusa.org/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America], official website (English, Ukrainian)
  
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*[http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/ Religious-Information Service of Ukraine], (Ukrainian, English, Russian, German, Italian)
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* Interfax-Religion. [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=2192 Orthodox public concerned for threat of neo-nazism in Ukraine] 27 October, 2006.
  
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[[Category:Jurisdictions|Ukraine]]
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[[fr:Église d'Ukraine (Patriarcat de Moscou)]]
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Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Founder(s) Apostle Andrew; St. Vladimir of Kiev
Autocephaly/Autonomy declared 1990
Autocephaly/Autonomy recognized 1990 by Church of Russia
Current primate Metr. Onuphrius
Headquarters Kiev, Ukraine
Primary territory Ukraine
Possessions abroad N/A
Liturgical language(s) Church Slavonic, & Ukrainian
Musical tradition Kievan Chant
Calendar Julian
Population estimate 35,000,000
Official website UOC

The Church of Ukraine is an autonomous Orthodox church whose primate is confirmed by the Russian Orthodox Church. 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 Onufriy (Berezovkyi), (who resides at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, which is the heartbeat of Ukrainian Orthodoxy), Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine. Its autonomy is currently not recognized in international Orthodox gatherings.

History

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Autocephaly

6 January 2018 Ukrainian bishops under Ecumenical Patriarchate (including 2 former Moscow Patriarchate bishops who recognized Constantinople jurisdiction over Ukraine) recieved autocephaly for Church of Ukraine[1].

Ukrainian Orthodox divisions

Main article: Orthodox divisions in Ukraine

Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine is currently divided into two main factions:

  • Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP)
  • Church of Ukraine (OCU), autocephalous in full communion with Ecumenical Patriarchate

The Ukrainian Church with about 9.5 million faithful is under the canonical jurisdiction of Moscow; the two breakaway churches with 14.5 million faithful combined, developed after the fall of the Soviet Union.[2]

In 2018 Ecumenical Patriarchate restored its canonical jurisdiction under Ukraine, accepted all bishops from Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate) (UOC-KP) and Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), as well as 2 bishops from UOC-MP, and 6 January 2019 granted autocephaly for Church of Ukraine. Moscow Patriarchate didn't recognize this decision.

Currently UOC-MP is in full communion with the Church of Russia but not recognized by Ecumenical Patriarchate. Autocephalous OCU is in full communion with the Church of Constantinople but not recognized by Moscow Patriarchate.

Orthodox-Eastern Catholic divisions

In 2004, there were 10,310 Ukrainian Orthodox and 3,328 Eastern Catholic Churches Greek Catholic (UGCC) congregations registered in Ukraine.[3]

In 2010 there were 11,791 canonical and 5,710 non-canonical Orthodox congregations in Ukraine, and 3,599 Greek Catholic congregations[4]

As of 1 January 2018 there were 12,064 congregations under Moscow Patriarchate jurisdiction, 5,855 independent congregations that were in October accepted into Ecumenical Patriarchate, 200 non-canonical Orthodox congregations, and 3,765 Greek Catholic congregations[5].

Structure of the Church

Church of Ukraine in 2007 has 42[6] dioceses (eparchies):

  1. Diocese of Berdyansk[7] (established in 2007)
  2. Diocese of Bila Tserkva (1030th as Diocese of Yuriiv; re-established in 1994)
  3. Diocese of Cherkasy (1898)
  4. Diocese of Chernihiv (988)
  5. Diocese of Chernivtsi (1401; 1783)
  6. Diocese of Dnipropetrovsk (1775; 1803; 1926)
  7. Diocese of Donetsk (1991)
  8. Diocese of Horlivka (1994)
  9. Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk (1946)
  10. Diocese of Kahovka
  11. Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsk (1795)
  12. Diocese of Kharkiv (1799; 1836)
  13. Diocese of Kherson (1775; 1837; 1991)
  14. Diocese of Khmelnytskyi (1795; 1990)
  15. Diocese of Khust (1994)
  16. Diocese of Kirovohrad (1947)
  17. Diocese of Konotop (1994)
  18. Diocese of Kremenchuk
  19. Diocese of Kryvyi Rih (1996)
  20. Diocese of Kiev (Kyiv) (988)
  21. Diocese of Luhansk (1944)
  22. Diocese of Lviv (1156)
  23. Diocese of Mykolaiv (1992)
  24. Diocese of Nizhyn (2007)
  25. Diocese of Odessa (1873; 1991)
  26. Diocese of Olexandria (2007)
  27. Diocese of Ovruch (1993)
  28. Diocese of Poltava (1054; 1803)
  29. Diocese of Rivne (1990)
  30. Diocese of Sarny (1999)
  31. Diocese of Severodonetsk (2007)
  32. Diocese of Shepetivka (2007)
  33. Diocese of Simferopol (1859)
  34. Diocese of Sumy (1945)
  35. Diocese of Ternopil (1988)
  36. Diocese of Tulchyn (1994)
  37. Diocese of Uzhhorod and Mukacheve (9 century; 2007)
  38. Diocese of Vinnytsia (1933)
  39. Diocese of Volodymyr-Volynskyi (992; 1996)
  40. Diocese of Volyn (992; 1996)
  41. Diocese of Zaporizhia (1992)
  42. Diocese of Zhytomyr (1799; 1944)

Current episcopacy

By their rank[8]. The Church currently has 58 bishops (42 diocesan bishops, 12 vicar bishops, and 4 retired), which consists of 10 metropolitans, 21 archbishops, and 26 bishops. There is also 8516 priests, and 443 deacons.[1]

Primate

  1. Volodymyr (Sabodan), metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine, Primate (Predstoyatel) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Diocesan bishops

  1. Nykodym (Rusnak), metropolitan of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv (1961)
  2. Iryney (Seredniy), metropolitan of Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad (1975)
  3. Agafangel (Savvin), metropolitan of Odessa and Izmail (1975)
  4. Lazar (Shvets), metropolitan of Simferopol and Crimea (1980)
  5. Ioannykiy (Kobzev), metropolitan of Luhansk and Alchevsk (1990)
  6. Nyfont (Solodukha), metropolitan of Lutsk and Volyn (1990)
  7. Onufriy (Berezovkyi), metropolitan of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna (1990)
  8. Ilarion (Shukalo), metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol (1991)
  9. Antoniy (Fialko), metropolitan of Khmelnytskyi and Starokostiantyniv (1992)
  10. Mark (Petrovtsiy), archbishop of Sumy and Ohtyrka (1988)
  11. Ionafan (Yeletskykh), archbishop of Tulchyn and Bratslav (1989)
  12. Varfolomiy (Vashchuk), archbishop of Rivne and Ostroh (1990)
  13. Vasyliy (Zlatolynskyi), archbishop of Zaporizhia and Melitopol (1990)
  14. Serhiy (Hensytskyi), archbishop of Ternopil and Kremenetsk (1991)
  15. Feodor (Hayun), archbishop of Kamyanets'-Podilskyi and Horodotskyi (1992)
  16. Sofroniy (Dmytruk), archbishop of Cherkasy and Kaniv (1992)
  17. Vissarion (Stretovych), archbishop of Ovruch and Korosten (1992)
  18. Pytyrym (Starynskyi), archbishop of Mykolaiv and Voznesensk (1992)
  19. Avhustyn (Markevych), archbishop of Lviv and Halych (1992)
  20. Anatoliy (Hladkyi), archbishop of Sarny and Polissia (1993)
  21. Huriy (Kuzmenko), archbishop of Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynsk (1994)
  22. Symeon (Shostatskyi), archbishop of Vinnytsia and Mohyliv-Podilskyi (1996)
  23. Yefrem (Kytsay), archbishop of Kryvoriz and Nikopol' (1996)
  24. Ioann (Siopko), archbishop of Kherson and Tavria (1996)
  25. Mytrofan (Yurchuk), archbishop of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav (2000)
  26. Fylyp (Osadchenko), archbishop of Poltava and Myrhorod (2001)
  27. Panteleimon (Romanovsky), bishop of Kirovohrad and Novomyrhorod (1992)
  28. Inokentiy (Shestopal), bishop of Konotop and Hlukhiv (1996)
  29. Amvrosiy (Polikopa), bishop of Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi (1998)
  30. Ahapit (Bevtsyk), bishop of Syeverodonets' and Starobil' (1998)
  31. Panteleimon (Bashchuk), bishop of Olexandria and Svitlovodsk (2000)
  32. Mytrofan (Nikitin), bishop of Horlivka and Slovyansk (2007)
  33. Yelysey (Ivanov), bishop of Berdiansk and Prymorsk (2007)
  34. Nykodym (Horenko), bishop of Volodymyr-Volynsk and Kovel (2007)
  35. Iryney (Semko), bishop of Nizhyn and Baturyn (2007)
  36. Volodymyr (Melnyk), bishop of Shepetivka and Slavuta (2007)
  37. Ilariy (Shyshkovskyi), bishop of Severodonetsk and Starobilsk (2007)
  38. Panteleimon (Luhovyi), bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia (2007)

Auxiliary bishops

  1. Mykolaj (Hrokh), archbishop of Bilohorod (Metropolis of Kiev) (1992)
  2. Pavel (Lebid), archbishop of Vyshhorod (Metropolis of Kiev), superior of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (1997)
  3. Onufriy (Lehkyi), archbishop of Izyum (Diocese of Kharkiv) (2000)
  4. Volodymyr (Moroz), archbishop of Pochaiv (Metropolis of Kiev), superior of Pochaiv Lavra (2000)
  5. Luka (Kovalenko), bishop of Vasylkiv (Metropolis of Kiev) (2005)
  6. Arseniy (Yakovenko), bishop of Sviatohirsk (Diocese of Horlivka) (2005)
  7. Meletiy (Yehorenko), bishop of Khotyn (Diocese of Chernivtsi) (2006)
  8. Oleksiy (Hrokha), bishop of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsk (Diocese of Odessa) (2006)
  9. Antoniy (Pakanych), bishop of Boryspil (Metropolis of Kiev) (2006)
  10. Varnava (Filatov), bishop of Makiyivka (Diocese of Donetsk) (2007)
  11. Serafym (Demyaniv), bishop of Yahotyn (Metropolis of Kiev) (2007)
  12. Alexander (Drabynko), bishop of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi (Metropolis of Kiev), secretary of the Metropolitan of Kiev (2007)

Retired bishops

  1. Mefodiy (Petrovtsiy), ex-bishop of Khust and Vynohradiv (1994-1998)
  2. Alipiy (Pohrebniak), schibishop[9], ex-bishop of Horlivka and Slovyansk (1991-1997)
  3. Ipolyt (Khylko), ex-bishop of Khust and Vynohradiv (1992-2006)
  4. Serhiy (Zaliznytskyi), schibishop, ex-bishop Serafim of Severodonetsk and Starobilsk (1994-2007)

Monasteries

Ukrainian Orthodoxy abroad

Orthodox churches of the Ukrainian tradition outside of Ukraine are mainly cared for by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, including:

These Orthodox churches have frequently maintained good relations with all the Orthodox Church jurisdictions in Ukraine. As examples, both North American jurisdictions have former priests of the three major Orthodox jurisdictions in their respective Churches, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada blesses the use of a select number of books from the Kievan Patriarchate as Ukrainian translations. [2]

However, tensions have emerged recently with the expansion of UOC-KP parishes into North America outside of the jurisdictions of the already standing UOC.[3][4] There are also Ukrainian parishes outside of Ukraine in dioceses of Moscow Patriarchate [5].

But even outside the Ukraine there are numerous splinter groups. These include

References

See also

External links


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