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| + | '''Church of Ukraine''' may refer to: |
| − | name= Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)|
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| − | founder= [[Apostle Andrew]]; St. [[Vladimir of Kiev]]|
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| − | independence=1990 |
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| − | recognition= 1990 by [[Church of Russia]] |
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| − | primate=[[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Metr. Volodymyr]]|
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| − | hq=Kiev, Ukraine|
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| − | territory=Ukraine|
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| − | possessions= N/A|
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| − | language=[[Church Slavonic]], & Ukrainian|
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| − | music=[[Kyivan Chant]]|
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| − | calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
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| − | population=35,000,000|
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| − | website=[http://pravoslavye.org.ua/ UOC-MP]
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| − | }}
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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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| − | ==History==
| + | * the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church]], an autonomous church under the [[Russian Orthodox Church|Church of Russia]] established in 1990. |
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| + | * the [[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]], an autocephalous church proclaimed in 2019, whose autocephaly and canonicity is not universally recognized. |
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| − | ==Ukrainian Orthodox divisions==
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| − | [[Image:Kpl.JPG|right|thumb|Kiev Pechersk Lavra]]
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| − | :''Main article: [[Orthodox divisions in Ukraine]]''
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| − | Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine is currently divided into three main factions:
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| − | *Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP) (which this article covers)
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| − | *[[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]] (UOC-KP)
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| − | *[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] (UAOC) | |
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| − | 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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| − | ==Structure of the Church==
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| − | 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 Berdiansk<ref>Transliteration of cities according to [[w:Administrative divisions of Ukraine]].</ref> (established in 2007)
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| − | #Diocese of Bila Tserkva (1030th as Diocese of Yuriiv; re-established in 1994)
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| − | #Diocese of Cherkasy (1898)
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| − | #Diocese of Chernihiv (988)
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| − | #Diocese of Chernivtsi (1401; 1783)
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| − | #Diocese of Dnipropetrovsk (1775; 1803; 1926)
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| − | #Diocese of Donetsk (1991)
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| − | #Diocese of Horlivka (1994)
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| − | #Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk (1946)
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| − | #Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsk (1795)
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| − | #Diocese of Kharkiv (1799; 1836)
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| − | #Diocese of Kherson (1775; 1837; 1991)
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| − | #Diocese of Khmelnytsk (1795; 1990)
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| − | #Diocese of Khust (1994)
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| − | #Diocese of Kirovohrad (1947)
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| − | #Diocese of Konotop (1994)
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| − | #Diocese of Kryvyi Rih (1996)
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| − | #Diocese of Kyiv (Kiev) (988)
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| − | #Diocese of Luhansk (1944)
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| − | #Diocese of Lviv (1156)
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| − | #Diocese of Mukachiv (9 century)
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| − | #Diocese of Mykolaiv (1992)
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| − | #Diocese of Nizhyn (2007)
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| − | #Diocese of Odessa (1873; 1991)
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| − | #Diocese of Olexandria (2007)
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| − | #Diocese of Ovruch (1993)
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| − | #Diocese of Poltava (1054; 1803)
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| − | #Diocese of Rivne (1990)
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| − | #Diocese of Sarny (1999)
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| − | #Diocese of Severodonetsk (2007)
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| − | #Diocese of Shepetivka (2007)
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| − | #Diocese of Simferopol (1859)
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| − | #Diocese of Sumy (1945)
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| − | #Diocese of Ternopil (1988)
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| − | #Diocese of Tulchyn (1994)
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| − | #Diocese of Vinnytsia (1933)
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| − | #Diocese of Volodymyr-Volynskyi (992; 1996)
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| − | #Diocese of Volyn (992; 1996)
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| − | #Diocese of Zaporizhia (1992)
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| − | #Diocese of Zhytomyr (1799; 1944)
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| − | ==Ukrainian Orthodoxy abroad==
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| − | Orthodox churches of the Ukrainian tradition outside of Ukraine are mainly cared for by the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]], including:
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| − | *[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]] | |
| − | *[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]
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| − | But even outside the Ukraine there are splinter groups. These include
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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.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[Union of Brest-Litovsk]]
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| − | {{churches}}
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://www.orthodox.org.ua/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church], official website
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| − | *[http://pravoslavye.org.ua/ UOC-MP]
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| − | [[Category:Jurisdictions|Ukraine]]
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