{{church|name= Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)|founder= [[Apostle Andrew]]; St. [[Vladimir of Kiev]]|independence=1990 |recognition= 1990 by [[Church of Russia]] |primate=[[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Metr. Volodymyr]]|hq=Kiev, Ukraine|territory=Ukraine|possessions= N/A|language=[[Church Slavonic]], & Ukrainian|music=[[Kyivan Chant]]|calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|population=35,000,000|website=[http://pravoslavye.org.ua/ UOC-MP]}}The '''Church of Ukraine''' is an [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox church whose [[primate]] is confirmed by the [[Church of Russia]]. Its history extends may refer to the introduction of Christianity into Kievan Rus' with the [[baptism]] of Prince St. [[Vladimir of Kiev]] and his people in 988, known as the [[Baptism of Rus']]. Its current primate is His Beatitude [[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Volodymyr (Sabodan)]] (who resides at the [[Monastery of the Kiev Caves|Kiev Pechersk Lavra]], which is the heartbeat of Ukrainian Orthodoxy), Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine. Its autonomy is currently not recognized in international Orthodox gatherings.:

==History=={{stub}} ==Ukrainian Orthodox divisions== [[Image:Kpl.JPG|right|thumb|Kiev Pechersk Lavra]]:''Main article: [[Orthodox divisions in Ukraine]]'' Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine is currently divided into three main factions: *Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP) (which this article covers)*[[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]] (UOC-KP)*the [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] (UAOC) Only , an autonomous church under the UOC-MP is currently in [[full communion]] with the [[Church of Russia]] and the remainder of the mainstream Russian Orthodox Church. ==Structure of the Church== |Church of Ukraine in 2007 has 40<ref>http://orthodox.org.ua/uk/2007/08/23/1626.html , http://orthodox.org.ua/uk/istoriya_eparhiy_0 (in ukrainian).</ref> [[diocese|diocesesRussia]] (eparchies): #Diocese of Berdiansk<ref>Transliteration of cities according to [[w:Administrative divisions of Ukraine]].</ref> (established in 2007)#Diocese of Bila Tserkva (1030th as Diocese of Yuriiv; re-established in 1994)#Diocese of Cherkasy (1898)#Diocese of Chernihiv (988)#Diocese of Chernivtsi (1401; 1783)#Diocese of Dnipropetrovsk (1775; 1803; 1926)#Diocese of Donetsk (1991)#Diocese of Horlivka (1994)#Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk (1946)#Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsk (1795)#Diocese of Kharkiv (1799; 1836)#Diocese of Kherson (1775; 1837; 1991)#Diocese of Khmelnytsk (1795; 1990)#Diocese of Khust (1994)#Diocese of Kirovohrad (1947)#Diocese of Konotop (1994)#Diocese of Kryvyi Rih (1996)#Diocese of Kyiv (Kiev) (988)#Diocese of Luhansk (1944)#Diocese of Lviv (1156)#Diocese of Mukachiv (9 century)#Diocese of Mykolaiv (1992)#Diocese of Nizhyn (2007)#Diocese of Odessa (1873; 1991)#Diocese of Olexandria (2007)#Diocese of Ovruch (1993)#Diocese of Poltava (1054; 1803)#Diocese of Rivne (1990)#Diocese of Sarny (1999)#Diocese of Severodonetsk (2007)#Diocese of Shepetivka (2007)#Diocese of Simferopol (1859)#Diocese of Sumy (1945)#Diocese of Ternopil (1988)#Diocese of Tulchyn (1994)#Diocese of Vinnytsia (1933)#Diocese of Volodymyr-Volynskyi (992; 1996)#Diocese of Volyn (992; 1996)#Diocese of Zaporizhia (1992)#Diocese of Zhytomyr (1799; 1944) ==Ukrainian Orthodoxy abroad==Orthodox churches of the Ukrainian tradition outside of Ukraine are mainly cared for by the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]], including:.*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]]*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of CanadaUkraine]] But even outside the Ukraine there are splinter groups. These include*[[Autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church , an autocephalous church proclaimed in America]] (AUOCA) which was formerly known as the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - Canonical 2019, whose autocephaly and which claims its lineage through the Tomos of Autonomy of 1924 given by the Orthodox Church of Poland. ==See also==*[[Union of Brest-Litovsk]] {{churches}} ==External links==*[http://wwwcanonicity is not universally recognized.orthodox.org.ua/ Ukrainian Orthodox Church], official website*[http://pravoslavye.org.ua/ UOC-MP]   [[Category:Jurisdictions|Ukraine]]