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==UAOC Returns to Ukraine==In 2003, 1990 the weakening of the Church Sobor elected Metropolitan MEFODIY (Kudriakov) central government of Ternopil to lead the church. As Father & Head Soviet Union allowed for the restoration of the UAOC worldwide, he is Metropolitan of Kyiv & all in Ukraine. Since his elevation, he has worked towards a more global visibility for the church, including a pastoral visit the United States in 2006first time since World War II. He has fostered continued positive relations with Not long after the Ukrainian government UAOC accepted into its communion hierarchs and other religious communities. The Patriarchal Cathedral clergy led by Metropolitan [[Philaret (Denysenko) of Kiev|Philaret of Kiev]] of the UAOC is Moscow Patriarchate and elected the historic church 92-year old Metropolitan Mstyslav as Patriarch of St. Andrew the First-Called in Kyivand All Ukraine, enthroning him on 6 November 1990.
==SourceExternal Links and Sources==*[http://www.uaoc.info/ua/ Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church] (Official Website of the UAOC)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wwiki/indexUkrainian_Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church] (Wikipedia)*[http://uaoc.php?title=Ukrainian_Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church&oldid=66431696 org/ Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the USA] (Official Website of the UAOCUSA)*[http://www.uocc.ca/en-ca/about/history/ History of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada] (Official Website of the UOCC)*[http://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchusa.org/history.html History of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA] (Official Website of the UOCUSA)*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Mstyslav_%28Skrypnyk%29 Mstyslav (Skrypnyk)] (Wikipedia Article)*[http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarp_(Sikorski) Polikarp (Sikorski)](Polish-language Wikipedia)
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