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 Currently, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is in [[full communion]] with the [[Church of Russia]], considers the acts of the Patriarchate of Constantinople as illegitimate and treats the [[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]] as schismatic.
-==Structure of the Church==
+==Episcopate==
+* Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv and All Ukraine
 ==References==

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 On 28 October 1990,<ref>[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1302845.html К 20-летию Благословенной Грамоты Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Алексия II о даровании Украинской Православной Церкви самостоятельности в управлении]: ″Определение фактически вступило в силу уже 28 октября 1990 года (когда Святейший Патриарх Алексий вручил занимавшему тогда Киевскую кафедру митрополиту Филарету соответствующую Грамоту)″</ref> the Moscow Patriarchate granted the Ukrainian Exarchate a status of a self–governing church under the jurisdiction of the ROC (but not the full [[Autonomy|autonomy]] as is understood in the ROC legal terminology).
-Following Ukraine's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, a national [[Synod|sobor]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was held on November 1–3.<ref name=finallyaref/> At the sobor, the bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church together with other clergy and lay delegates unanimously passed a resolution stating that henceforth the UOC would operate as an autocephalous church.<ref>[[https://ukrainianweek.com/Society/64554 Filaret: A Statehood-oriented Patriarch]]</ref>. Filaret Denysenko, who had been the Metropolitan of Kyiv since 1968, was unaminously elected the acting primate of the new Church.
+Following Ukraine's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, a national [[Synod|sobor]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was held on November 1–3.<ref name=ukrainianweek>[https://ukrainianweek.com/Society/64554 Filaret: A Statehood-oriented Patriarch]</ref> At the sobor, the bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church together with other clergy and lay delegates unanimously passed a resolution stating that henceforth the UOC would operate as an autocephalous church.<ref name=ukrainianweek />. Filaret Denysenko, who had been the Metropolitan of Kyiv since 1968, was unaminously elected the acting primate of the new Church.
 In January 1992 the Ukrainian Orthodox Church submitted a request of autocephaly to the Moscow Patriarch.<ref>[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/221781 After autocephaly], (26 October 2018)</ref><ref>[https://m.gazeta.ua/articles/life/_vselenskij-patriarhat-oprilyudniv-dokumenti-na-pidtrimku-ukrayinskoyi-avtokefaliyi/859088 The Ecumenical Patriarchate unveiled documents in support of Ukrainian autocephaly], (14 September 2018)</ref>. Moscow responded by asking Filaret to resign and organized a rival synod which met in Kharkiv in May 1992 and replaced Filaret with [[Metropolitan Volodymyr (Viktor Sabodan)|Bishop Volodymyr (Sabodan)]]<ref>[[http://spzh.news/en/istorija-i-kulytrua/42446-to-the-anniversary-of-kharkov-council-or-a-few-words-about-how-m-a-denisenko-was-expelled-from-churc To the anniversary of Kharkov Council, or a few words about how M.A. Denisenko was "expelled" from Church]]</ref>. Ultimately, the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] suspended, defrocked and anathematized Filaret.

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 On 28 October 1990,<ref>[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1302845.html К 20-летию Благословенной Грамоты Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Алексия II о даровании Украинской Православной Церкви самостоятельности в управлении]: ″Определение фактически вступило в силу уже 28 октября 1990 года (когда Святейший Патриарх Алексий вручил занимавшему тогда Киевскую кафедру митрополиту Филарету соответствующую Грамоту)″</ref> the Moscow Patriarchate granted the Ukrainian Exarchate a status of a self–governing church under the jurisdiction of the ROC (but not the full [[Autonomy|autonomy]] as is understood in the ROC legal terminology).
-Following Ukraine's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, a national [[Synod|sobor]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was held on November 1–3.<ref name=finallyaref/> At the sobor, the bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church together with other clergy and lay delegates unanimously passed a resolution stating that henceforth the UOC would operate as an autocephalous church.<ref name="finallyaref">[[https://ukrainianweek.com/Society/64554 Filaret: A Statehood-oriented Patriarch]]</ref>. Filaret Denysenko, who had been the Metropolitan of Kyiv since 1968, was unaminously elected the acting primate of the new Church.
+Following Ukraine's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, a national [[Synod|sobor]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was held on November 1–3.<ref name=finallyaref/> At the sobor, the bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church together with other clergy and lay delegates unanimously passed a resolution stating that henceforth the UOC would operate as an autocephalous church.<ref>[[https://ukrainianweek.com/Society/64554 Filaret: A Statehood-oriented Patriarch]]</ref>. Filaret Denysenko, who had been the Metropolitan of Kyiv since 1968, was unaminously elected the acting primate of the new Church.
-In January 1992 the Ukrainian Orthodox Church submitted a request of autocephaly to the Moscow Patriarch.<ref>[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/221781 After autocephaly], [[The Ukrainian Week]] (26 October 2018)<br>{{in lang|uk}} [https://m.gazeta.ua/articles/life/_vselenskij-patriarhat-oprilyudniv-dokumenti-na-pidtrimku-ukrayinskoyi-avtokefaliyi/859088 The Ecumenical Patriarchate unveiled documents in support of Ukrainian autocephaly], [[Gazeta.ua]] (14 September 2018)</ref>. Moscow responded by asking Filaret to resign and organized a rival synod which met in Kharkiv in May 1992 and replaced Filaret with [[Metropolitan Volodymyr (Viktor Sabodan)|Bishop Volodymyr (Sabodan)]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://spzh.news/en/istorija-i-kulytrua/42446-to-the-anniversary-of-kharkov-council-or-a-few-words-about-how-m-a-denisenko-was-expelled-from-churc|title=To the anniversary of Kharkov Council, or a few words about how M.A. Denisenko was "expelled" from Church|date=25 May 2017|website=spzh.news|language=en|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref>. Ultimately, the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] suspended, defrocked and anathematized Filaret.
+In January 1992 the Ukrainian Orthodox Church submitted a request of autocephaly to the Moscow Patriarch.<ref>[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/221781 After autocephaly], (26 October 2018)</ref><ref>[https://m.gazeta.ua/articles/life/_vselenskij-patriarhat-oprilyudniv-dokumenti-na-pidtrimku-ukrayinskoyi-avtokefaliyi/859088 The Ecumenical Patriarchate unveiled documents in support of Ukrainian autocephaly], (14 September 2018)</ref>. Moscow responded by asking Filaret to resign and organized a rival synod which met in Kharkiv in May 1992 and replaced Filaret with [[Metropolitan Volodymyr (Viktor Sabodan)|Bishop Volodymyr (Sabodan)]]<ref>[[http://spzh.news/en/istorija-i-kulytrua/42446-to-the-anniversary-of-kharkov-council-or-a-few-words-about-how-m-a-denisenko-was-expelled-from-churc To the anniversary of Kharkov Council, or a few words about how M.A. Denisenko was "expelled" from Church]]</ref>. Ultimately, the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] suspended, defrocked and anathematized Filaret.
 Under Metropolitan Volodymyr, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church persisted and retained jurisdictional control of most churches and monasteries in Ukraine, while new schismatic entities were formed. For 26 years it was universally considered the only canonical church of Ukraine.

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 On 28 October 1990,<ref>[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1302845.html К 20-летию Благословенной Грамоты Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Алексия II о даровании Украинской Православной Церкви самостоятельности в управлении]: ″Определение фактически вступило в силу уже 28 октября 1990 года (когда Святейший Патриарх Алексий вручил занимавшему тогда Киевскую кафедру митрополиту Филарету соответствующую Грамоту)″</ref> the Moscow Patriarchate granted the Ukrainian Exarchate a status of a self–governing church under the jurisdiction of the ROC (but not the full [[Autonomy|autonomy]] as is understood in the ROC legal terminology).
-Following Ukraine's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, a national [[Synod|sobor]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was held on November 1–3.<ref name=finallyaref/> At the sobor, the bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church together with other clergy and lay delegates unanimously passed a resolution stating that henceforth the UOC would operate as an autocephalous church.<ref name="finallyaref">{{cite web|url=https://ukrainianweek.com/Society/64554|title=Filaret: A Statehood-oriented Patriarch|last=Losiev|first=Ihor|date=8 November 2012|website=[[The Ukrainian Week]]|access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref>. Filaret Denysenko, who had been the Metropolitan of Kyiv since 1968, was unaminously elected the acting primate of the new Church.
+Following Ukraine's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, a national [[Synod|sobor]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was held on November 1–3.<ref name=finallyaref/> At the sobor, the bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church together with other clergy and lay delegates unanimously passed a resolution stating that henceforth the UOC would operate as an autocephalous church.<ref name="finallyaref">[[https://ukrainianweek.com/Society/64554 Filaret: A Statehood-oriented Patriarch]]</ref>. Filaret Denysenko, who had been the Metropolitan of Kyiv since 1968, was unaminously elected the acting primate of the new Church.
 In January 1992 the Ukrainian Orthodox Church submitted a request of autocephaly to the Moscow Patriarch.<ref>[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/221781 After autocephaly], [[The Ukrainian Week]] (26 October 2018)<br>{{in lang|uk}} [https://m.gazeta.ua/articles/life/_vselenskij-patriarhat-oprilyudniv-dokumenti-na-pidtrimku-ukrayinskoyi-avtokefaliyi/859088 The Ecumenical Patriarchate unveiled documents in support of Ukrainian autocephaly], [[Gazeta.ua]] (14 September 2018)</ref>. Moscow responded by asking Filaret to resign and organized a rival synod which met in Kharkiv in May 1992 and replaced Filaret with [[Metropolitan Volodymyr (Viktor Sabodan)|Bishop Volodymyr (Sabodan)]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://spzh.news/en/istorija-i-kulytrua/42446-to-the-anniversary-of-kharkov-council-or-a-few-words-about-how-m-a-denisenko-was-expelled-from-churc|title=To the anniversary of Kharkov Council, or a few words about how M.A. Denisenko was "expelled" from Church|date=25 May 2017|website=spzh.news|language=en|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref>. Ultimately, the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] suspended, defrocked and anathematized Filaret.

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 In 2018, the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] overrode the previous judgment of the Russian Orthodox Church regarding Filaret and other schismatic leaders and restored them to their hierarchical dignity, while at the same time it annulled the 1686 authorization letter and reclaimed its canonical jurisdiction over Ukraine. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (except for two bishops who were consequently disciplined) refused to participate to the Unification Council convoked by Patriarch Bartholomew on 15 December 2018 and has since denied to accept the Tomos of Autocephaly granted to the [[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]] that was formed by the Unification council.
-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>.
+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>. Still, only 13.3% of the Ukrainian population considered itself a member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in 2016<ref>[[https://www.kiis.com.ua/materials/pr/20161807_religion/ENG%20Report%20on%20Religion%2018.07%20KIIS%20revised.pdf Religious Self-Identification and Prayer in Ukraine]]</ref>.
 Currently, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is in [[full communion]] with the [[Church of Russia]], considers the acts of the Patriarchate of Constantinople as illegitimate and treats the [[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]] as schismatic.