The '''Orthodox Church of Ukraine''' is an autocephalous member of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] established by Patriarch [[Bartholomew I]] in 2019.<ref name="ocu" /> This new body unites The Church emerged from a unification council which was convoked by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and took place in the St. Sophia's Cathedral on 15 December 2018. The council succeeded to unite the [previously divided [Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]] and , the [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] but does not contain and two eparchies of the [[Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate)]] that is [[autonomy|autonomous]] under the [[Church of Russia]].<ref name="ocu" /> Its claim to autocephaly has, to date, only been recognized by . The rest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Constantinople which created itthe Moscow Patriarchate rejected the unification council. MoreoverOn 5 January 2019, the head a Tomos of Autocephaly was granted to the [[new Church by the Holy Synod of Ukraine (Kiev the Ecumenical Patriarchate)]], Philaret, denies that his Church has been dissolved and asserts that he remains Patriarchof Constantinople.<ref name="admit" />

The autocephaly has been met with resistance by the other autocephalous churches, mainly due to the schismatic history of two of the bodies that merged in the new Church, the Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. As of January 2022, the autocephaly has been only recognized by the Patriarchates of Constantinople and Alexandria and the Churches of Cyprus and Greece. Eventually, the head of the [[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]], Philaret, denied that his Church was dissolved and distanced himself from the new Church.<ref name="admit" /> Unlike the [[OCA]], whose autocephaly is also not universally recognized in the Orthodox world but which is in communion with all local Churches, most local Orthodox Churches have neither recognized the autocephaly of this body nor not entered into communion with it, still regarding it its members as schismatic, while continuing to support Metropolitan Onufriy as the canonical primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church(Moscow Patriarchate). All Autocephalous Churches are in communion with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).