Tag: Ukrainian Orthodox

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

Ukrainian Christianity through the Ages

OCP- July 31, 2011

By MONICA RHOR FOR THE CHRONICLE 28/7/2011 In the Hall of Paleontology, troops of schoolchildren and toddlers scurry, skitter and squeal among ancient dinosaur bones ... Read More

Primates of the Russian, Georgian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches celebrated a prayer service at St Vladimir’s Hill

OCP- July 27, 2011

27/7/2011 On July 27, the eve of commemoration of the Holy and Equal-to-the-Apostles Vladimir, the Primates of the Russian, Georgian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches a ... Read More

Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia Arrives in Ukraine

OCP- July 26, 2011

25/7/2011 The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church met His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia at the Kyiv Caves Monastery Upon ... 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

Press Conference “The actual purpose of the Jubilee Council of the UOC”

OCP- July 4, 2011

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On July 1, at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (block 70-A) the press conference on "The actual purpose of the Jubilee Council of the ... 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

His Beatitude Volodymyr participated in the International conference “World religions and civil society united against hatred and extremism”

OCP- March 30, 2011

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On March 28 in the grand-hall "Sophiyivskyy" of the Premier-Palace (Kyiv, Taras Shevchenko blvd 5-7/29) the International conference "World religions and civil ... Read More

Ecumenical Patriarch Of Constantinople Bartholomew I Hoping For Unification Of Ukrainian Orthodox Churches

OCP- March 14, 2011

14/3/2011 Ecumenical Patriarch Of Constantinople Bartholomew I hopes for unification of Ukrainian Orthodox Churches, he said at the meeting with Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in ... Read More

Ukraine to host International Easter Assembly

OCP- February 26, 2011

21-02-2011 It will be the Third International Easter Assembly, which will take place during the Easter days in the spring of 2011.This is a joint ... 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 leaders accused of ‘lobbying’ Moscow Patriarchate’s Interests

OCP- February 15, 2011

Kiev, February 15, Interfax - The Our Ukraine Party has demanded that the country's supreme leadership "stop meddling" in the affairs of the Orthodox Church. ... Read More