{{church|name= Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)|founder= [[Apostle Andrew]]; St. [[Vladimir of Kiev]]|independence=1990 |recognition= 1990 by [[Church of Russia]] |primate=[[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Metr. Volodymyr]]|hq=Kiev, Ukraine|territory=Ukraine|possessions= N/A|language=[[Church Slavonic]], & Ukrainian|music=[[Kyivan 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 [[Church of Russia]]. Its history extends may refer 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.:

==History=={{stub}} ==Ukrainian Orthodox divisions==:''Main article: [[Orthodox divisions in Ukraine]]'' Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine is currently divided into three main factions: *Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP) (which this article covers)*[[Church of Ukraine (Kyiv Patriarchate)]] (UOC-KP)*the [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] (UAOC) Only , an autonomous church under the UOC-MP is currently in [[full communion]] with the [[Church of Russia]] and the remainder of the mainstream Russian Orthodox Church. 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?Russia] George Gilson. Spero News, August 01, 2008</ref>   ===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> ==Structure of the Church==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): #Diocese of Berdyansk<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 Cherkasy (1898)#Diocese of Chernihiv (988)#Diocese of Chernivtsi (1401; 1783)#Diocese of Dnipropetrovsk (1775; 1803; 1926)#Diocese of Donetsk (1991)#Diocese of Horlivka (1994)#Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk (1946)#Diocese of Kahovka#Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsk (1795)#Diocese of Kharkiv (1799; 1836)#Diocese of Kherson (1775; 1837; 1991)#Diocese of Khmelnytskyi (1795; 1990)#Diocese of Khust (1994)#Diocese of Kirovohrad (1947)#Diocese of Konotop (1994)#Diocese of Kremenchuk#Diocese of Kryvyi Rih (1996)#Diocese of Kyiv (Kiev) (988)#Diocese of Luhansk (1944)#Diocese of Lviv (1156)#Diocese of Mykolaiv (1992)#Diocese of Nizhyn (2007)#Diocese of Odessa (1873; 1991)#Diocese of Olexandria (2007)#Diocese of Ovruch (1993)#Diocese of Poltava (1054; 1803)#Diocese of Rivne (1990)#Diocese of Sarny (1999)#Diocese of Severodonetsk (2007)#Diocese of Shepetivka (2007)#Diocese of Simferopol (1859)#Diocese of Sumy (1945)#Diocese of Ternopil (1988)#Diocese of Tulchyn (1994)#Diocese of Uzhhorod and Mukacheve (9 century; 2007)#Diocese of Vinnytsia (1933)#Diocese of Volodymyr-Volynskyi (992; 1996)#Diocese of Volyn (992; 1996)#Diocese of Zaporizhia (1992)#Diocese of Zhytomyr (1799; 1944) ==Current episcopacy==By their rank<ref>In Ukrainian (and Russian) tradition "[[metropolitan]]" is higher status than "[[archbishop]]".</ref>.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===# [[Volodymyr (Sabodan)]], metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine, [[Primate]] (Predstoyatel) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church ===Diocesan bishops===# Nykodym (Rusnak), metropolitan of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv (1961)# Iryney (Seredniy), metropolitan of Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad (1975)# Agafangel (Savvin), metropolitan of Odessa and Izmail (1975)# Lazar (Shvets), metropolitan of Simferopol and Crimea (1980)# Ioannykiy (Kobzev), metropolitan of Luhansk and Alchevsk (1990)# Nyfont (Solodukha), metropolitan of Lutsk and Volyn (1990)# Onufriy (Berezovkyi), metropolitan of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna (1990)# Ilarion (Shukalo), metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol (1991)# Antoniy (Fialko), metropolitan of Khmelnytskyi and Starokostiantyniv (1992)# Mark (Petrovtsiy), archbishop of Sumy and Ohtyrka (1988)# Ionafan (Yeletskykh), archbishop of Tulchyn and Bratslav (1989)# Varfolomiy (Vashchuk), archbishop of Rivne and Ostroh (1990)# Vasyliy (Zlatolynskyi), archbishop of Zaporizhia and Melitopol (1990)# Serhiy (Hensytskyi), archbishop of Ternopil and Kremenetsk (1991)# Feodor (Hayun), archbishop of Kamyanets'-Podilskyi and Horodotskyi (1992)# Sofroniy (Dmytruk), archbishop of Cherkasy and Kaniv (1992)# Vissarion (Stretovych), archbishop of Ovruch and Korosten (1992)# Pytyrym (Starynskyi), archbishop of Mykolaiv and Voznesensk (1992)# Avhustyn (Markevych), archbishop of Lviv and Halych (1992)# Anatoliy (Hladkyi), archbishop of Sarny and Polissia (1993)# Huriy (Kuzmenko), archbishop of Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynsk (1994)# Symeon (Shostatskyi), archbishop of Vinnytsia and Mohyliv-Podilskyi (1996)# Yefrem (Kytsay), archbishop of Kryvoriz and Nikopol' (1996)# Ioann (Siopko), archbishop of Kherson and Tavria (1996)# Mytrofan (Yurchuk), archbishop of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav (2000)# Fylyp (Osadchenko), archbishop of Poltava and Myrhorod (2001)# Panteleimon (Romanovsky), bishop of Kirovohrad and Novomyrhorod (1992)# Inokentiy (Shestopal), bishop of Konotop and Hlukhiv (1996)# Amvrosiy (Polikopa), bishop of Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi (1998)# Ahapit (Bevtsyk), bishop of Syeverodonets' and Starobil' (1998)# Panteleimon (Bashchuk), bishop of Olexandria and Svitlovodsk (2000)# Mytrofan (Nikitin), bishop of Horlivka and Slovyansk (2007)# Yelysey (Ivanov), bishop of Berdiansk and Prymorsk (2007)# Nykodym (Horenko), bishop of Volodymyr-Volynsk and Kovel (2007)# Iryney (Semko), bishop of Nizhyn and Baturyn (2007)# Volodymyr (Melnyk), bishop of Shepetivka and Slavuta (2007)# Ilariy (Shyshkovskyi), bishop of Severodonetsk and Starobilsk (2007)# Panteleimon (Luhovyi), bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia (2007) ===Auxiliary bishops===# Mykolaj (Hrokh), archbishop of Bilohorod (Metropolis of Kyiv) (1992)# Pavel (Lebid), archbishop of Vyshhorod (Metropolis of Kyiv), [[superior]] of [[Kiev-Pechersk Lavra]] (1997)# Onufriy (Lehkyi), archbishop of Izyum (Diocese of Kharkiv) (2000)# Volodymyr (Moroz), archbishop of Pochaiv (Metropolis of Kyiv), superior of [[Pochaev Lavra of the Dormition of the Theotokos|Pochaiv Lavra]] (2000)# Luka (Kovalenko), bishop of Vasylkiv (Metropolis of Kyiv) (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 Kyiv) (2006)# Varnava (Filatov), bishop of Makiyivka (Diocese of Donetsk) (2007)# Serafym (Demyaniv), bishop of Yahotyn (Metropolis of Kyiv) (2007)# Alexander (Drabynko), bishop of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi (Metropolis of Kyiv), secretary of the Metropolitan of Kyiv (2007) ===Retired bishops===# 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)# Ipolyt (Khylko), ex-bishop of Khust and Vynohradiv (1992-2006)# Serhiy (Zaliznytskyi), schibishop, ex-bishop Serafim of Severodonetsk and Starobilsk (1994-2007) ==Monasteries==*[[Samara Desert-Nicholas Monastery]], Novomoskovsk, Ukraine. ==Ukrainian Orthodoxy abroad==Orthodox churches of the Ukrainian tradition outside of Ukraine are mainly cared for by the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]], including:*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]]*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]] These Orthodox churches have frequently maintained good relations with the UOC-KP. As an example, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada uses the UOC-KP's liturgical books 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. ==References==<references/> ==See also==*[[Union of Brest-Litovsk]]*[[List of Metropolitans of Kiev]] ==External links==*[http://www.orthodox.org.ua/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church], official website (Ukrainian, Russian)*[http://www.orthodox.org.ua/eng/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church], official website (English)*[http://pravoslavye.org.ua/ Orthodox Ukraine], website of UOC press service (Ukrainian, Russian)*[http://orthodoxy.org.ua/ Orthodoxy an autocephalous church proclaimed in Ukraine]2019, UOC news website (Ukrainian, Russian)*[http://uaoc.org/ Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of North whose autocephaly 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)* Interfax-Religion. [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=2192 Orthodox public concerned for threat of neo-nazism in Ukraine] 27 October, 2006canonicity is not universally recognized. {{churches}}[[Category:Jurisdictions|Ukraine]] [[fr:Église d'Ukraine (Patriarcat de Moscou)]][[ro:Biserica Ortodoxă a Ucrainei]]