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Ukrainian Orthodoxy abroad
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]
These Orthodox churches have frequently maintained good relations with all the UOC-KPOrthodox Church jurisdictions in Ukraine. As an exampleexamples, both North American jurisdictions have former priests of the three major Orthodox jurisdictions in their respective Churches, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada uses blesses the UOC-KP's liturgical use of a select number of books from the Kyivan Patriarchate as their official Ukrainian translations. [http://uocc.ca/pdf/documents/Blessing%20of%20Books.PDF]  However, tensions have emerged recently with the expansion of UOC-KP parishes into North America outside of the jurisdictions of the already standing UOC.[http://saveouruoc.com/frontpage.html][http://www.saveouruoc.com/coopercity.html] There are also Ukrainian parishes outside of Ukraine in dioceses of [[Moscow Patriarchate]] [http://orthodox.org.ua/eng/node/54].
But even outside the Ukraine there are numerous splinter groups. These include
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