Tag: Ukrainian Orthodox Church

KYIV. Chair of the Committee of the Families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan Alla Shipova was awarded the Order of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

OCP- August 18, 2011

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On August 14, the day of Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-Giving Cross, Vicar of the Kyiv Metropolis Bishop Theodosius ... Read More

Updates From Ukrainian Orthodox Church

OCP- August 11, 2011

11/8/2011 ANNOUNCEMENT. Honorable relics of the Holy Hierarch Theophanes (Vyshensky) the Recluse to visit Kyiv On August 6, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan ... Read More

Report of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine at the Jubilee Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

OCP- July 14, 2011

14/7/2011 14/7/2011 Your Eminences, Your Graces, Dear participants of the Jubilee Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church! Today in the walls of the Holy Dormition ... Read More

Ukrainian Orthodox Church prayerfully celebrates the 45th anniversary of episcopal consecration of its Primate

OCP- July 9, 2011

9/7/2011 On July 9, commemoration of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv ... Read More

The Jubilee Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was Held

OCP- July 9, 2011

On 8 July at the Refectory chamber of the Church of theVenerable Anthony and Theodosius of the Kyiv Caves of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, ... Read More

KYIV. Draft Resolution of the Jubilee Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church made Public

OCP- July 7, 2011

7/7/2011 With the blessing of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and in order to stop the anti-Church information campaign in the media, and ... Read More

Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Present Canonical Status, rights and Responsibilities

OCP- July 7, 2011

7/7/2011 In October 2010 we celebrated 20 years of existence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the status of "autonomous and independent in its governance." ... Read More

Archbishop Metrophanes of Bila tserkva and Bohuslav called the “alternative council of the UOC” an “unauthorized assembly of no legal force”

OCP- July 7, 2011

Ukrainian Orthodox Church 7/7/2011 It is reported that today, on July 6, an"alternative" Council of the UOC was held. A certain organization committee of the ... Read More

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill blesses holding the Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

OCP- July 6, 2011

05.07.2011 His Beatitude, the Most Blessed Volodymyr Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Your Beatitude! Thank You for notification about convening the Jubilee Council of ... Read More

Ukrainian Orthodox Church disagrees with removal of tent church at Verkhovnaya Rada

OCP- May 16, 2011

*** If the authorities want to knock something down, they wouldn't hesitate to find even a tiger there Kiev/Moscow, May 16, Interfax - The Ukrainian ... Read More

15,000 Orthodox Believers Take Part In Liturgy Conducted By Patriarch Kirill Of Moscow And All Rus In Kharkiv

OCP- May 9, 2011

8/5/2011 More than 15,000 Orthodox believers took part in the liturgy conducted by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus on Freedom Square in Kharkiv ... Read More

3,000 Orthodox Believers Take Part In Service Conducted By Patriarch Kirill Of Moscow And All Rus In Donetsk

OCP- May 7, 2011

7/5/2011 Close to 3,000 Orthodox believers on May 7 took part in a liturgy at the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Donetsk conducted by Patriarch Kirill ... Read More

Filaret says creating single Ukrainian Orthodox Church is Inevitable

OCP- April 27, 2011

25.04.2011 Head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate Filaret believes that the unification of all Ukrainian orthodox churches into a single independent Ukrainian Orthodox ... Read More

Regulations on Vicariate of the Diocese of Kyiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Church

OCP- February 24, 2011

24/2/2011 REGULATIONS ON VICARIATE OF THE KYIV DIOCESE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH I. General Provisions 1. The vicariate is the church administrative territorial unit formed of ... Read More

Ukrainian Orthodox Church urges to return its property both expropriated and given to Schismatics

OCP- February 15, 2011

Kiev, February 15, Interfax - Head of press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Vasily Anisimov speaks for adopting the law that will allow returning ... Read More

Lviv metropolitan calls bill on churches a time Bomb

OCP- February 5, 2011

5/2/2011 Giving churches the status of a legal person is a time bomb that may rip a relative inter-confessional peace established in Ukraine since 90s, ... Read More

Patriarch Filaret: Government Intends To Liquidate Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of Kyiv Patriarchate Before June

OCP- January 31, 2011

30/1/2011 Ukrainian News Agency Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate said the government wants to liquidate the church before June. He ... Read More

Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church met with chairman of the Muslim Spiritual Directorate of Ukraine

OCP- December 29, 2010

Ukrainian Orthodox Church 29/12/2010 At his residence at the Holy Dormition Kyiv Lavra of Caves His Beatitude Metropolitan Voloydmyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine received ... Read More

Metropolitan Yurij Enthroned as the Sixth Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada!

OCP- November 25, 2010

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada On Saturday, November 20, a spiritually moving Vespers service was celebrated at Holy Trinity Metropolitan Cathedral in Winnipeg, MB. This ... Read More

3rd Youth Sobor of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA Largest to Date

OCP- November 12, 2010

UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA CONSISTORY OFFICE OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY The 3rd Youth Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the ... Read More

1,000-year-old relic Recovered

OCP- November 5, 2010

CBC News 5/11/2010 An orthodox church in Edmonton is celebrating the safe return of a 1,000-year-old skull fragment believed to belong to Vladimir the Great. ... Read More