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independence=1990 |
recognition= 1990 by [[Church of Russia]] |
primate=[[Volodymyr Onuphrius (SabodanBerezovsky) of Kiev|Metr. VolodymyrOnuphrius]]|
hq=Kiev, Ukraine|
territory=Ukraine|
possessions= N/A|
language=[[Church Slavonic]], & Ukrainian|
music=[[Kyivan Kievan Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
population=35,000,000|
website=[http://orthodox.org.ua/eng UOC]
}}
The '''Church of Ukraine''' is an [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox church whose [[primate]] is confirmed by the [[Russian Orthodox 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 Onufriy (SabodanBerezovkyi) 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.
==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<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==
:''Main article: [[Orthodox divisions in Ukraine]]''
Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine is currently divided into three two main factions: *Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP) (which this article covers)*[[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]] (UOC-KP)*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] (UAOC)
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>
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.<ref>[http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20050630/40819891.html Ukraine: Conflict between Orthodoxy and Greek Catholicism]</ref>
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>
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==
#Diocese of Kremenchuk
#Diocese of Kryvyi Rih (1996)
#Diocese of Kiev (Kyiv (Kiev) (988)
#Diocese of Luhansk (1944)
#Diocese of Lviv (1156)
===Primate===
# [[Volodymyr (Sabodan)]], metropolitan of Kyiv Kiev and all Ukraine, [[Primate]] (Predstoyatel) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
===Diocesan bishops===
===Auxiliary bishops===
# Mykolaj (Hrokh), archbishop of Bilohorod (Metropolis of KyivKiev) (1992)# Pavel (Lebid), archbishop of Vyshhorod (Metropolis of KyivKiev), [[superior]] of [[Kiev-Pechersk Lavra]] (1997)
# Onufriy (Lehkyi), archbishop of Izyum (Diocese of Kharkiv) (2000)
# Volodymyr (Moroz), archbishop of Pochaiv (Metropolis of KyivKiev), superior of [[Pochaev Lavra of the Dormition of the Theotokos|Pochaiv Lavra]] (2000)# Luka (Kovalenko), bishop of Vasylkiv (Metropolis of KyivKiev) (2005)
# Arseniy (Yakovenko), bishop of Sviatohirsk (Diocese of Horlivka) (2005)
# Meletiy (Yehorenko), bishop of Khotyn (Diocese of Chernivtsi) (2006)
# Oleksiy (Hrokha), bishop of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsk (Diocese of Odessa) (2006)
# Antoniy (Pakanych), bishop of Boryspil (Metropolis of KyivKiev) (2006)
# Varnava (Filatov), bishop of Makiyivka (Diocese of Donetsk) (2007)
# Serafym (Demyaniv), bishop of Yahotyn (Metropolis of KyivKiev) (2007)# Alexander (Drabynko), bishop of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi (Metropolis of KyivKiev), secretary of the Metropolitan of Kyiv Kiev (2007)
===Retired bishops===
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]
These Orthodox churches have frequently maintained good relations with all the UOC-KPOrthodox Church jurisdictions in Ukraine. The 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 uses blesses the UOC-KP's liturgical use of a select number of books from the Kievan Patriarchate as their official Ukrainian translations. [http://uocc.ca/pdf/documents/Blessing%20of%20Books.PDF] 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 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.
*[http://pravoslavye.org.ua/ Orthodox Ukraine], website of UOC press service (Ukrainian, Russian)
*[http://orthodoxy.org.ua/ Orthodoxy in Ukraine], UOC news website (Ukrainian, Russian)
*[http://uaoc.org/ Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of North and South America and the Diaspora], official website (English, Ukrainian, Spanish)
*[http://www.uaocamerica.org/ Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church of America], official website (English)
*[http://www.ugcc.org.ua/ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church], official website (English, Ukrainian, Russian)
*[http://www.uocc.ca/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada], official website (English, Ukrainian)
*[http://www.uocofusa.org/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America], official website (English, Ukrainian)
*[http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/ Religious-Information Service of Ukraine], (Ukrainian, English, Russian, German, Italian)
[[fr:Église d'Ukraine (Patriarcat de Moscou)]]
[[ro:Biserica Ortodoxă a Ucrainei(Patriarhia Moscovei)]]
