Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church

This article describes the Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church from 1941 to 1944. For the autocephalous church, see Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1942–1944)

The Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church (Ukrainian Українська автономна православна церква) was an Orthodox Church in Ukraine from 1941 to 1944.

history

The Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church was founded on August 18, 1941 in the Holy Ascension Monastery in Pochayiv in the German-occupied Ukraine. Their sphere of influence extended from Volhynia to the Dnieper . Archbishop Alexy (Hromadsky) of Lutsk was appointed Metropolitan . The Church tried to be recognized as the Autocephalous Church in Ukraine, but failed because at the same time the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church was re-established in the Polish part of Ukraine. It therefore submitted to the Russian Orthodox Church as an autonomous church.

On October 8, 1942, the union of the two Ukrainian churches was signed. Metropolitan Alexy later withdrew the signature after pressure from some bishops from his own church. In 1943 he was murdered.

In 1944, the Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church dissolved after the Red Army marched into Ukraine. Their bishops submitted to the Russian Orthodox Church.

literature

• Wassilij Alexeev, Theofanis G. Stavrou: The great revival: the Russian Church under German occupation . Minneapolis: Burgess Pub. Co., 1976, ISBN 0-8087-0131-2 .
• John S. Curtiss: Review , in: Russian Review , Vol. 37, No. Jan. 1, 1978, pp. 100-102