Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Nuns of Pechersk Monastery reburied in Kyiv

June 10, 2013 News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church – 10/6/13 The ashes of the governor of Kyiv Semen Sukin and nuns of the Pechersk Ascension Monastery were reburied in St. Florovskii convent in Kyiv. As ForUm correspondent reports, it is the second stage of transferring of the burials of the Ascension necropolis of XVI-XVII centuries, found during archaeological investigations on [...]

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Ukrainian church will honor jakes who battled November fire

May 20, 2013 News

BY JOSEPH B. NADEAU – 19/5/13 WOONSOCKET – The St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church community is still recovering from the November fire that heavily-damaged its ornate 70-year-old granite and wood church at 74 Harris Avenue. But coping with the near loss of their church won’t keep St. Michael’s parishioners from offering a special tribute to the [...]

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Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev chairs first session of Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Organizing Committee for the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia

April 4, 2013 News

On 1 April 2013, His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine chaired the first session of the Organizing Committee for the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia. The meeting took place at the residence of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) in St. Panteleimon’s Monastery. Attending the meeting, besides members [...]

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Azarov honored with superior honor award of Ukrainian Orthodox Church

January 6, 2013 Featured News

6/1/2013 - Interfax-Ukraine Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has been honored with the superior honor award of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) – the mark of distinction of Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) No. 002. Metropolitan Pavlo Lebed of Vyshgorod and Chornobyl handed the award to the Ukrainian prime minister on January 4, [...]

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Holy Synod of Ukrainian Orthodox Church holds its regular session in Kiev

September 1, 2012 News

1/9/2012 On 25 August 2012, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church held an enlarged session in the residence of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Holy Assumption Laura of the Caves in Kiev under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine. The members of the [...]

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The UOC Primate prayerfully marked his 46th anniversary of consecration

July 21, 2012 Featured News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On July 9, celebration of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine celebrated the 46-th anniversary of his consecration. On this day, His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Panteleimon of [...]

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The Primate of the UOC expresses condolences to the victims in a car accident and relatives of the deceased pilgrims

July 21, 2012 News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church 19/7/2012 After the Divine Liturgy on the day of St. John the Baptist in the home church in his residence on the territory of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine prayed for the repose of the deceased and for a speedy recovery of the injured in [...]

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Doctors Implant Pacemaker In Metropolitan Volodymyr’s

July 11, 2012 Featured News

11/7/2012 Doctors implanted a pacemaker in Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, Volodymyr, the press-service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) said in the press-release. The Ukrainian cardiologists made the decision after consultations following the scheduled examination of the Metropolitan in National M.M.Amosov Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery on July 10. “The doctors [...]

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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church suspects some strangers of attempt to poison the abbot of Kiev Laura of the Caves

July 11, 2012 News

Kiev, July 10, Interfax – According to the Segodnya Ukrainian paper, the abbot of Kiev Laura of the Caves Monastery might become a victim of poisoning. “Some time ago Metropolitan Pavel happened to be in an intensive care unit. Later he was treated in Germany where in his blood were found arsenic and quicksilver. These [...]

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20th anniversary of the arrival of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr to Kyiv prayerfully celebrated in Lavra Ukrainian Orthodox Church

June 22, 2012 Featured News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On June 20 turns 20 years from the day of arrival of Metropolitan Volodymyr to Kyiv. On this day, in the cathedral square of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine led the Divine Liturgy. Concelebrating to him were Vicar of the [...]

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Address of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to Ukrainian community in connection with holding Euro-2012 in Ukraine

June 17, 2012 News

12/6/2012 This year our country has the honor to host the European Football Championship. This is certainly an event that reveals the overall culture of our society. In particular, the ability to meet guests, to organize thousands of events, to present cultural and historical values ​​of our State. We hope that the guests of Ukraine [...]

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Orthodox priest met in Ukraine with families of hostages held captive in Libya

June 17, 2012 News

12/6/2012 Soon after his return from Libya coworker of the Department for External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Archpriest Zechariah Kerstyuk met in Ukraine with the relatives of the prisoners, who are held captive by Libyan rebels for more than nine months. During the meeting, archpriest Zechariah told them about his meeting with [...]

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Metropolitan Constantine Enters Eternal Rest

May 21, 2012 Featured News
Metropolitan Constantine of Blessed Memory: 1936-2012 (Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA )

UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA (Ecumenical Patriarchate) 21/5/2012 Website: Metropolitan Constantine of Blessed Memory: 1936-2012 Dearly Beloved Brother Hierarchs, Clergy and All Orthodox Faithful: It is with a profound depth of sadness that we hereby inform you of the repose, in the morning of 21 May, 2012 in the 76 year of his earthly [...]

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Official commentary. Metropolitan Volodymyr was discharged from hospital

May 15, 2012 News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On May 10, Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine was discharged from “Oberih” hospital, where he was undergoing treatment and rehabilitation measures. The condition of His Beatitude Volodymyr is stable and allows him to return to work, to participate in church activities, meetings and social life. Metropolitan Volodymyr was put to [...]

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The first meeting of the Commission for amendments to the Statute of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church took place

March 23, 2012 Featured News

23/3/2012 The first meeting of the Commission for amendments to the Statute of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church took place On March 20, with the blessing of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Hilarion of Donetsk and Mariupol the session of the Commission for amendments to the Statute of …

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Poll: Political and material interests causing split in Ukrainian Orthodoxy, citizens of central and southeastern Ukraine say

March 14, 2012 Featured News

14/3/2012 Kyiv, March 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – About two third of the population of central and southern Ukraine think the split in Ukrainian Orthodoxy is an intra-church issue and should be resolved without interference from the outside, according to the findings of the sociological poll conducted by the Research & Branding Group and announced by its [...]

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Poll: About half of citizens of central and southeastern Ukraine do not object to transfer of Orthodox churches to Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate

March 14, 2012 News

14/3/2012 Kyiv, March 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – About a half of the citizens of central and southeastern Ukraine support the transfer of Pochayiv Lavra, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Sviatohirsk Lavra and Sviato-Bohoiavlensky women’s monastery to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, according to the results of a poll conducted by R&B Group and announced by [...]

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Ukrainian World Congress Appealing To Rada For Debarring Transfer Of Kiev-Pechersk And Pochayiv Lavras To Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of Moscow Patriarchate

March 7, 2012 News

6/3/2012 The Ukrainian World Congress, an international non-government organization, is appealing to the Verkhovna Rada for debarring transfer of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra (Ternopil region) and the Holy Epiphany Monastery (Ternopil region) to the ownership of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate, reads a statement made by the organization’s press [...]

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The raider attack on Ukrainian Orthodox Church. This is the Christian way!

February 25, 2012 News
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By Ivan KAPSAMUN, The Day 24/2/2012 Religion expert Liudmyla FYLYPOVYCH: “Metropolitan Volodymyr repulsed wisely” Strange things began to happen after the health of Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Celebrant of Ukrainian Orthodox Church, had become worse. To be more precise, during the last two meetings of the Synod which were held under the chairmanship [...]

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Metropolitan Volodymyr blessed the collection of signatures campaign for return of religious building of the Pochayiv Lavra of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

February 13, 2012 News

12/2/2012 On November 8 His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine was visited by Archbishop Volodymyr of Pochayiv at the hospital, where he undergoes rehabilitation treatment. At the request of the Spiritual synaxis of Pochayiv Monastery, Metropolitan Volodymyr blessed to turn to the ruling bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the collection [...]

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Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church convenes in Kiev

January 29, 2012 Featured News

27.01.2012 On 26 January 2012, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church held its session in the Laura of the Caves in Kiev under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Agafangel of Odessa and Izmail. His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine could not chair the session because of his illness. Members of the [...]

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A traditional thanksgiving prayer service was celebrated on St Volodymyr’s Hill, near the monument to the holy prince Volodymyr

December 31, 2011 News

On December 23 at St Volodymyr’s Hill, near the Monument to the Holy Prince Volodymyr the thanksgiving prayer service was celebrated. This service is traditionally performed at the end of each year. With the blessing of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, headed by its oldest permanent member [...]

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Metropolitan Volodymyr temporarily discharged from hospital – TV

December 31, 2011 News

31/12/2011 Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Volodymyr (Sabodan) has been temporarily discharged from hospital. “Metropolitan Volodymyr has been discharged from hospital, however it is temporary. Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church took part in the liturgy in Pokrovsky convent in Kyiv. At the moment, Metropolitan [...]

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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church will attend the unveiling of a Ukrainian Christmas tree in Vatican

December 13, 2011 News

By Nadia TYSIACHNA, Tetiana KOZYRIEVA, The Day 13/12/2011 The Day has already reported that a Christmas tree from Ukraine will be erected in Vatican this year for the first time ever. (The news about the Ukrainian gift to the Holy See will obtain even more publicity as it will be mentioned by commentators from various [...]

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On the birthday of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr the episcopate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church prayed for health and recovery of their Primate

November 24, 2011 Featured News

23/11/2011 On November 23, the day of the 76th birthday anniversary of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Refectory Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. With the blessing of the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the worship was led by the permanent members of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian [...]

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