The bishops of the UOC will convene to elect a new Primate August 13
The Council of bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) will be held in Kyiv on 13 August, it will be elected as the new Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine, according to published on the Internet representation of the UOC materials of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Church.
" To convene the Council of bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kyiv, August 13 ", - is reported in the log of the Synod.
Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine Volodymyr, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church since 1992, died on the first day weekend at the 79-year life. On the first day of the week, he was buried in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The funeral Liturgy and funeral service of Metropolitan made the vicar of the UOC-MP, Metropolitan of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna Onuphrios.
Ukraine currently operates the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is a self-governing Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, and unrecognized by the world Orthodox Church - Kyivan Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
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