Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate

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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (Ukrainian Українська православна церква (Московський патріархат)) is an autonomous church within the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine with the center in Kiev . The head is Metropolitan Onufrij (Berezovsky) . In 2016, 13.3% of Ukrainian citizens belonged to this church.

history

In 988 the Orthodox Church was formed in the Kievan Rus as part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople . In 1596 the Greek Catholic Church separated in the areas belonging to Poland-Lithuania . Since 1795 the northern part of Ukraine belonged to the Russian Empire and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Efforts to achieve autonomy led to the split of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the 1920s .

Under the Soviet rule , all churches of the Greek Orthodox rite on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR , including the Catholic Uniate Ukrainian Church of the Russian Orthodox Church or its Ukrainian exarchate, were subordinated: In March 1946, the Union of Brest from 1596 had a "staged synod" canceled. "With this, all Ukrainians were united in the Russian Orthodox Church by force," writes Kappeler. Repression was supposed to silence the United Church.

After Ukraine gained independence in 1991, part of the Ukrainian clergy split off from the Moscow leadership and moved its center to Kiev and called itself the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate . The church that remained with the Moscow Patriarch was given the status of an "autonomous church". It is thus largely independent and is only advised by the Patriarchate in Moscow on personnel decisions. It was able to assert itself especially in the Russian-influenced east of the country .

In fact, until 2018 there were three larger Orthodox churches in Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate, Kiev Patriarchate, Autonomists) that compete for the status of the national church . It also dealt with canonical legitimacy and the question of legal ownership of real estate. In addition, there was the dispute with the United Ukrainian Catholic Church , which follows the Byzantine rite but is subordinate to the Pope in Rome. This dispute was also a main reason why the Patriarch of Moscow always refused to meet Pope John Paul II .

In 2018 the two competing churches were subordinated to the ecumenical patriarchate in Constantinople / Istanbul against the resistance of the Moscow Patriarchate, with the aim of uniting them. Russian President Putin attributed financial motives to the ecumenical patriarchate and, like the Russian state press and the Russian Orthodox Church, warned that these changes could end in bloodshed. Only a fraction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate participated in the Synod in Kiev on December 15, 2018, at which the new Metropolitan Epiphanius was elected for all of Ukraine. The ecclesiastical edict (Tomos) required for this was collected in Istanbul on January 6, 2019.

organization

The eparchies of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Eparchies

The church is divided into 59  eparchies (2012), each of which is presided over by an archbishop or bishop.

Eparchies and Vicariates

  • Kiev and all of Ukraine,
    • Bilhorod
    • Boryspil
    • Borodyanka
    • Brovary
    • Fastiw
    • Horodnyj
    • Irish
    • Jahotin
    • Makariw
    • Obukhiv
    • Pocejey
    • Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi
    • Putywl
    • Vasylkiv
    • Vyshhorod
  • Alexandria and Switlovodsk
  • Balta and Ananjey
  • Berdyansk and Primorye,
  • Bila Tserkva and Bohuslaw
  • Kharkiv and Bohoduchiv
  • Kherson and Tavrichesk
  • Khmelnitsky and Starokostjantyniv
  • Dniprodschershynsk and Odessa
  • Dnipropetrovsk and Charykansk
  • Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad
    • Novomoskva
  • Donetsk and Mariupol,
    • Svyatohirsk
    • Makiiv
    • Novoasovsk
  • Dzhankoy and Rishdolninsk
  • Feodosia and Kerch,
  • Horlivka and Slavyansk
  • Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyja
  • Isjum and Kupjan,
  • Just and Winohradiv
  • Kamenets-Podilskyj and Horodok
  • Kirovohrad and Novomyrhorod
  • Konotop and Hluchiw,
  • Kremenchuk and Lubny
  • Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol,
  • Luhansk and Alchevsk
  • Lviv and Halych
  • Mohiljiw and Podolsk
  • Mukachevo and Uzhhorod
  • No and Priluki
  • Mykolaiv and Ochakiv
  • Nowa Kachiwka and Heniza
  • Odessa and Ismajil,
    • Ovidiupol
    • Juane
  • Owrutsch and Korosten,
  • Poltava and Myrhorod
  • Romny and Burynsk,
  • Riwen and Sverdlovsk
  • Rivne and Ostrich
    • Dubno
  • Sarny and Polissja
  • Zhytomyr and Novohrad
  • Sepetivka and Slavuch
  • Severodonetsk and Starobilsk,
  • Simferopol and Crimea
  • Sumy and Ahtyrka,
  • Ternopil and Kremenets
  • Tulcjcin and Brazlaw
  • Cherkassy and Kanin,
    • Zolotonosha
  • Chernihiv and Novhorod-Severskyj
  • Chernivtsy and Bukovina,
    • Chotyn
    • Bantschenyj
  • Uman and Zvenyhorod
  • Volodymyr-Wolynskyj and Kovel
  • Voznesensk and Pervomaysk
  • Volhynia and Lutsk
  • Vinnytsia and Bar
  • Zaporizhia and Melitopol,

Training centers

The church maintains a spiritual academy, a theological academy in Uzhhorod , a theological university in Luhansk , a theological institute in Chernivtsi , 7 spiritual seminaries, etc. a. in Odessa , Pochayiv, Poltava and 8 spiritual colleges.

Monasteries and churches

Monasteries

In 2012, 219 monasteries belonged to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

Churches

see church building of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Ukrainian Orthodox Church before independence. In: religion.orf.at. October 12, 2018, accessed January 3, 2019 .
  2. Релігійна самоідентичність і молитва в Україні table 7, representative survey of the Institute of Sociology in Kiev at the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences . The assertion by Названа самая многочисленная конфессия в Украине , Korrespondent.net, November 23, 2016, according to which 36% of the believers would belong to her, is incomprehensible
  3. ^ Andreas Kappeler : Brief history of the Ukraine. 4th, revised and updated edition. CH Beck, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-406-67019-0 , page 225
  4. Great press conference by Vladimir Putin , Novaya Gazeta , December 20, 2018
  5. ^ Church of Ukraine splits off from Russia , NZZ , December 17, 2018, page 5
  6. report by Metropolitan Wolldymyr 2013