Unification Council elects head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Unification Council elects head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church


Inside the Unification Council of the United Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
According to premilinary estimates, 192 delegates will vote for theHead of the Church:

42 bishops of UOC KP
12 of UAPC
10 of UOC MP

Each bishop comes w/ 1 priest &1layperson Photo: UOC KP press service

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Unification Council elects head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
By Toma Istomina.
Published Dec. 15. Updated Dec. 15 at 6:09 pm

Epiphanius, Metropolitan of Pereyaslav and Bila Tserkva, applauds on the stage at Sofiivska Square after he was elected and announced as the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Dec. 15.Photo by Volodymyr Petrov



The Unification Council in Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Cathedral elected the head of the unified Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Dec. 15, the latest step on the path to Ukraine gaining its own national church.
Epiphanius, Metropolitan of Pereyaslav and Bila Tserkva, born Serhii Dumenko, will head the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the council announced.


https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/unification-council-elects-head-of-ukrainian-orthodox-church.html

Ecumenical Patriarchate’s representative arrives in Kyiv to prepare Unification Council
13 December 2018, 09:45 | Ecumenical Patriarchate | 0 |   | Code for Blog |  | 
Representative of the Ecumenical Patriarch Metropolitan Emmanuel of France has already arrived in Kyiv to prepare the Unification Council, a source close to religious circles reported.
“Metropolitan Emmanuel arrived in Kyiv by plane on Tuesday,” the interlocutor told Interfax-Ukraine.
As reported with reference to the Chair of the Information Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate Archbishop Yevstratiy (Zorya), the UOC-KP representatives intend to harmonize with the Ecumenical Patriarch’s representative, Metropolitan Emmanuel, and other parties all the necessary questions for the Council to succeed.
The Unification Council for the creation of a local Ukrainian Orthodox Church will be held December 15 at the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kyiv.


https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/constantinople_patriarchy/73877/

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