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Orthodox Church of Ukraine
The history of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine can be traced
back to the 10th century, when the Metropolitanate of
Kyiv was established under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate of Constantinople. This church served as
the religious centre of Kyivan Rus', a powerful medieval
state that encompassed much of what is now Ukraine, Russia,
and Belarus. However, over the centuries, the Church in
Ukraine faced periods of division and subjugation,
particularly under the influence of the Russian Orthodox
Church. The desire for independence from Moscow
control gained momentum in the late 20th and early 21st
centuries, culminating in January 2019 when the Ecumenical
Patriarchate of Constantinople granted it autocephaly.
At the same time, two
other independent
churches, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate,
and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, merged with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, making the
new formation the largest Orthodox church in the country.
Metropolitan Epiphanius of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine declared
that these two former independent churches were always other
historical names of the one single and current Orthodox
Church of Ukraine. The church's autocephaly is not
recognised by the Russian Orthodox Church.
|
Church
Officials |
| Name |
Tenure |
|
| Primates
of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
|
Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox Church
|
| ►Split
from Russian Orthodox Church – UAOC established 1921
|
|
Metropolitans
of Kiev and All Ukraine
|
| Vasyl'ii
|
1921–27
|
Lypkivs'kyi |
| Mykolai‘
II
|
1927–30
|
Borets'kyi |
| ►Interregnum
1930–42
|
| Polykarp
|
1942–53
|
Sikors'kyi |
| Nikanor
|
1953–69
|
Burshak-Abramovych |
|
Patriarchs
of Kiev and All Ukraine 1990
|
| Mstyslav
|
1969–93†
|
Skrypnyk |
| ►UOC–KP
split 1993
|
| Locum
tenens: Mykolai Hrokh
|
1990–91
|
Hrokh |
| Locum
tenens: Antonii Masendych
|
1991–93
|
Masendych |
| Dymytrii
I
|
1993–2000
|
Yarema |
| Locum
tenens: Methodius Kudryakov
|
2000
|
Kudryakov |
| Methodius
|
2000–15
|
Kudryakov |
| Locum
tenens: Makariy Maletich
|
2015
|
Maletich |
| Makariy
|
2015–18;
*1944
|
Maletich |
| ►UAOC
merged with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
| ►Split
from UAOC - UOC–KP established 1993
|
|
Patriarchs
of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
| Locum
tenens: Volodymyr
Romaniuk
|
1993
|
Romaniuk |
| Volodymyr
II
|
1993–95
|
Romaniuk |
| Filaret
|
1995–2019
|
Denisenko |
| ►UOC-KP
merged with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
| ►Established
by ECU through unification council (merging of UAOC and
UOC–KP 2019)
|
|
Metropolitan
of Kyiv and All Ukraine |
| Epiphanius
|
2019–;
*1979
|
Dumenko |
|
| Belohorod,
Diocese of
|
|
| Bilotserkivskyi,
Diocese of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishops
of Bilotserkivskyi, Vicar of the Kyiv Diocese
|
| Oleksandr
|
1994–2004;
*1954
|
Reshetnyak |
| ►Elevated
to Archbishopric 2004
|
|
Archbishop
of Bilotserkivskyi, Vicar of the Kyiv Diocese
|
| Oleksandr
|
2004–13;
*1954
|
Reshetnyak |
| ►To
Archdiocese of Bohuslavskyi 2013
|
|
| Bogorodchanskyi,
Diocese of
|
|
| Boguslavskyi,
Archidocese of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Archbishop
of Boguslavskyi, Vicar of the Kyiv Diocese
|
| Oleksandr
|
2013–19;
*1954
|
Reshetnyak |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Archbishop
of Boguslavskyi, Vicar of the Kyiv Diocese
|
| Oleksandr
|
2019–;
*1954
|
Reshetnyak |
|
| Bohorodsk,
Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishop
of Bohorodsk
|
| Adrian
|
1994;
*1943
|
Staryna |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitan
of Bohorodsk
|
| Adrian
|
2019–;
*1943
|
Staryna |
|
| Boryspil,
Diocese of
|
|
Bishops
of Boryspil
|
| Anthony
|
2022–23;
*1978
|
Firlay |
|
| Boyarsky,
Diocese of
|
|
| Cherkasy
and Chigyrin, Metropolitanate of
|
|
| Chernihiv
and Nizhyn, Diocese of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishops
of Chernihiv and Nizhyn
|
| Mikhail
|
2002–04;
*1966
|
Zinkevich |
| Hilarion
|
2008–12;
*1980
|
Procyk |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Bishops
of Chernihiv and Nizhyn
|
| Anthony
|
2023–;
*1978
|
Firlay |
|
| Chernihiv
and Sumy, Diocese of
|
|
Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox Church
|
|
Bishops
of Chernihiv and Sumy
|
| Roman
|
1990–92;
*1953
|
Balashchuk |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 1992
|
|
Archbishop
of Chernihiv and Sumy
|
| Roman
|
1992;
*1953
|
Balashchuk |
|
| Chernivtsi
and Bukovyna, Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox Church
|
|
Bishops
of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna
|
| Danylo
|
1990–92;
*1949
|
Kovalchuk |
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Archbishop
of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna
|
| Danylo
|
1992–94;
*1949
|
Kovalchuk |
| ►Elevated
to Metropolitanate 1994
|
|
Metropolitans
of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna
|
| Danylo
(1)
|
1994–2005;
*1949
|
Kovalchuk |
| ►To
Chernivtsi and Kitsmansky (UOC–KP) 2005–08
|
| Danylo
(2)
|
2008–19;
*1949
|
Kovalchuk |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitan
of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna
|
| Danylo
|
2019–;
*1949
|
Kovalchuk |
|
| Chernivtsi
and Khotyn, Archdiocese of
|
|
| Chernivtsi
and Kitsmansky, Archdiocese of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Metropolitan
of Chernivtsi and Kitsmansky
|
| Danylo
|
2005–08;
*1949
|
Kovalchuk |
| ►Returned
to Chernivtsi and Bukovyna (UOC–KP) 2008
|
|
Archbishop
of Chernivtsi and Kitsmansky
|
| Onufry
|
2013–19;
*1966
|
Havruk |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Archbishop
of Chernivtsi and Kitsmansky
|
| Onufry
|
2019–;
*1966
|
Havruk |
|
| Dermansky,
Diocese of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishops
of Dermansky, Vicars of Rivne
|
| Onufry
|
2005–06;
*1966
|
Havruk |
|
| Dnipro
and Sicheslav, Archdiocese of
|
|
| Dnipropetrovsk,
Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishop
of Dnipropetrovsk and Kryvorizky
|
| Adrian
|
1994–95;
*1943
|
Staryna |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 1995
|
|
Archbishop
of Dnipropetrovsk and Kryvorizky
|
| Adrian
|
1995–2002;
*1943
|
Staryna |
| ►Elevated
to Metropolitanate 2002
|
|
Metropolitan
of Dnipropetrovsk and Kryvorizky
|
| Adrian
|
2002–09;
*1943
|
Staryna |
| ►Division
into separate dioceses of Dnipropetrovsk and Kryvorizky
2009
|
|
| Donetsk
and Luhansk, Diocese of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishop
of Donetsk and Luhansk
|
| Ioasaf
|
1997;
*1955
|
Vasilik |
|
| Donetsk
and Mariupol, Metropolitanate of
|
|
|
Donetsk and Slavyansky, Diocese of
|
|
| Drohobytskyi
and Sambirskyi, Archdiocese of
|
|
| Dunayevetskyi,
Diocese of
|
|
| Fastivskyi,
Diocese of
|
|
| Halytskyi,
Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox Church
|
|
Metropolitans
of Halytskyi
|
| Andriy
|
1992–2019;
*1949
|
Abramchuk |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitans
of Halytskyi
|
| Andriy
|
2019–;
*1949
|
Abramchuk |
|
| Ivano-Frankivsk,
Metropolitanate of
|
|
| Ivano-Frankivsk
and Halytskyi, Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishop
of Ivano-Frankivsk and Halytskyi
|
| Ioasaf
|
1997–2002;
*1955
|
Vasilik |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 2002
|
|
Archbishop
of Ivano-Frankivsk and Halytskyi
|
| Ioasaf
|
2002–12;
*1955
|
Vasilik |
| ►Elevated
to Metropolitanate 2012
|
|
Metropolitan
of Ivano-Frankivsk and Halytskyi
|
| Ioasaf
|
2012–19;
*1955
|
Vasilik |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitan
of Ivano-Frankivsk and Halytskyi
|
| Ioasaf
|
2019–;
*1955
|
Vasilik |
|
| Ivano-Frankivsk
and Kolomyia, Diocese
|
|
Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox Church
|
|
Bishops
of Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia
|
| Andriy
|
1990;
*1949
|
Abramchuk |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 1990
|
|
Archbishops
of Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia
|
| Andriy
|
1990-92;
*1949
|
Abramchuk |
|
| Kharkiv
and Izyum, Archdiocese of
|
|
| Kharkiv
and Slobozhansky, Archdiocese of
|
|
|
Khmelnytskyi and Kamianets-Podilskyi, Diocese of
|
|
| Kherson
and Kakhovsky, Diocese of
|
|
| Kherson
and Tavria, Diocese of
|
|
| Kolomiysky,
Diocese of
|
|
| Kolomyia
and Kosiv, Diocese of
|
|
| Kropyvnytskyi
and Golovanivskyi, Archdiocese of
|
|
| Kryvorizk
, Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Metropolitan
of Kryvorizk and Nikopolsky
|
| Adrian
|
2009–;
*1943
|
Staryna |
|
| Luhansk
and Starobil, Archdiocese of
|
|
| Lutsk
and Volyn, Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishop
of Lutsk and Volyn
|
| Mikhail
|
2004–09;
*1966
|
Zinkevich |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 2004
|
|
Archbishop
of Lutsk and Volyn
|
| Mikhail
|
2009–12;
*1966
|
Zinkevich |
| ►Elevated
to Metropolitanate 2012
|
|
Metropolitanate
of Lutsk and Volyn
|
| Mikhail
|
2012–19;
*1966
|
Zinkevich |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitanate
of Lutsk and Volyn
|
| Mikhail
|
2019–;
*1966
|
Zinkevich |
|
| Lviv,
Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox Church
|
|
Bishops
of Lviv
|
| Makariy,
Patr of UAOC
|
1996–2001;
*1944
|
Maletich |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 2001
|
|
Archbishop
of Lviv
|
| Makariy,
Patr of UAOC
|
2001–11;
*1944
|
Maletich |
| ►Elevated
to Metropolitanate 2011
|
|
Metropolitan
of Lviv
|
| Makariy,
Patr of UAOC
|
2011–15;
*1944
|
Maletich |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitan
of Lviv
|
| Makariy,
Patr of UAOC
|
2019–;
*1944
|
Maletich |
|
| Lviv
and Sokal, Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Metropolitan
of Lviv and Sokal
|
| Dimitry
|
2010–19;
*1971
|
Rudyuk |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitan
of Lviv and Sokal
|
| Dimitry
|
2019–;
*1971
|
Rudyuk |
|
| Makarivskyi,
Archdiocese of
|
|
| Mukachevo
and Carpathia, Diocese of
|
|
| Mykolaiv
and Bogoyavlensky, Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishops
of Mykolaiv and Bogoyavlensky
|
| Volodymyr
|
1997–98;
*1956
|
Ladyka |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 1998
|
|
Archbishop
of Mykolaiv and Bogoyavlensky
|
| Volodymyr
|
1998–2012;
*1956
|
Ladyka |
| ►Elevated
to Metropolitanate 2012
|
|
Metropolitan
of Mykolaiv and Bogoyavlensky
|
| Volodymyr
|
2012–2019;
*1956
|
Ladyka |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitan
of Mykolaiv and Bogoyavlensky
|
| Volodymyr
|
2019–;
*1956
|
Ladyka |
|
| Mykolaiv
and Kherson, Diocese of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishops
of Mykolaiv and Kherson
|
| Volodymyr
|
1993–97;
*1956
|
Ladyka |
| ►Division
into separate dioceses of Mykolaiv and Bogoyavlensky, and
Kherson
|
|
| Odessa
and the Baltic, Archdiocese of
|
|
| Olbia,
Diocese of
|
|
| Pereyaslav-Bilotserkiv,
Diocese of
|
| ►To
Bohuslavskyi 2019
|
|
| Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi,
Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishops
of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi
|
| Dimitry
|
2000–04;
*1971
|
Rudyuk |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 2004
|
|
Archbishop
of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi
|
| Dimitry
|
2004–09;
*1971
|
Rudyuk |
| ►Elevated
to Metropolitanate 2009
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitan
of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi and Bilotserkiv
|
| Dimitry
|
2009-10;
*1971
|
Rudyuk |
|
| Pereyaslav
and Vishnevsky, Metropolitanate of
|
|
| Poltava
and Kremenchug, Metropolitanate of
|
|
| Rivne
and Ostroh, Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Archbishops
of Rivne and Ostroh
|
| Roman
|
1992–95;
*1953
|
Balashchuk |
| Hilarion
|
2012–19;
*1980
|
Procyk |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Archbishop
of Rivne and Ostroh
|
| Hilarion
|
2019–23;
*1980
|
Procyk |
| ►Elevated
to Metropolitanate 2023
|
|
Metropolitan
of Rivne and Ostroh
|
| Hilarion
|
2023–;
*1980
|
Procyk |
|
| Rivne
and Sarne, Diocese of
|
|
| Simferopol
and Crimea, Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishop
of Simferopol and Crimea
|
| Kliment
|
2000–12;
*1969
|
Kush |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 2012
|
|
Archbishop
of Simferopol and Crimea
|
| Kliment
|
2012–19;
*1969
|
Kush |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2020
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church |
| Kliment
|
2019–;
*1969
|
Kush |
|
| Sloviansky,
Diocese of
|
|
| Sumy
and Okhtyr, Archiocese of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishop
of Sumy and Okhtyr
|
| Mikhail
|
2000–02;
*1966
|
Zinkevich |
|
Bishop
of Sumy and Okhtyr
|
| Methodius
|
2004–12;
*1957
|
Sribnyak |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 2012
|
|
Archbishop
of Sumy and Okhtyr
|
| Methodius
|
2012–19;
*1957
|
Sribnyak |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church |
|
Archbishop
of Sumy and Okhtyr
|
| Methodius
|
2019–;
*1957
|
Sribnyak |
|
| Ternopil
and Buchatsky, Archdiocese of
|
|
| Ternopil
and Kremenets, Metropolitanate of
|
|
| Ternopil
and Terebovlyan, Diocese of
|
|
| Uzhhorod
and Khust, Diocese of
|
|
| Uzhgorod
and Transcarpathia, Diocese of
|
|
| Vinnytsia
and Bar, Metropolitanate of
|
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitan
of Vinnytsia and Bar |
| Simeon
|
2019–;
*1962
|
Shostatsky |
|
| Vasylkivskyi,
Diocese of
|
|
| Vinnytsia
and Bratslav, Metropolitanate of
|
|
Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox Church |
|
Bishops
of Vinnytsia and Bratslav
|
| Roman
|
1995–2005;
*1953
|
Balashchuk |
| ►Elevated
to Metropolitanate 2005
|
|
Metropolitan
of Vinnytsia and Bratslav
|
| Roman
|
2005–19;
*1953
|
Balashchuk |
| ►Merged
with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 2019
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishops
of Vinnytsia and Bratslav
|
| Volodymyr
|
1993;
*1956
|
Ladyka |
| Onufry
|
2006–12;
*1966
|
Havruk |
| ►Elevated
to Archdiocese 2102
|
|
Arcbishop
of Vinnytsia and Bratslav
|
| Onufry
|
2012–13;
*1966
|
Havruk |
|
Orthodox
Church of Ukraine |
|
Metropolitan
of Vinnytsia and Bratslav
|
| Roman
|
2019–;
*1953
|
Balashchuk |
|
| Vinnytsia
and Tulchyn, Archdiocese of
|
|
| Volodymyr
and Novovolyn, Archdiocese of
|
|
| Vyshhorodskyi,
Archdiocese of
|
|
| Zaporizhzhya
and Dnipropetrovsk, Diocese of
|
|
Ukrainian
Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate |
|
Bishop
of Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk
|
| Adrian
|
1994;
*1943
|
Staryna |
| ►Division
into separate dioceses of Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk
|
|
| Zaporozhye
and Melitopol, Diocese of
|
|
| Zhytomyr
and Ovrutskyi, Diocese of
|
|
| Zhytomyr
and Polis, Archdiocese of
|
|
Notes
ECU = Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
UAOC = Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
OCU = Orthodox Church of Ukraine
UOC-KP = Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate
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