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At least three monasteries of the Holy Mountain were invited by the Ukrainians
A delegation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine visited Athos and had already sent a divine liturgy . The Bishop of Odessa and the Baltic Paul informed about the first official visit of representatives of the 15th autocephalous church of the world to Sainte-Montagne.
On the Blessing of the Blessed Metropolitan of Kiev and All Epiphany of Ukraine, at the invitation of …
Posted by Paul Yuristym on Wednesday, February 6, 2019
"With the blessing of the blessed Metropolitan of Kiev and all of Ukraine, Epiphany, at the invitation of His Holiness, the Archbishop of New Rome, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and the delegation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine begin its first official visit to Mount Athos, "said the bishop.
On the peninsula, Ukrainians have already celebrated the liturgy on the morning of February 8 – the first in the history of the CPU on Mount Athos. This happened in the Pantokrator monastery, which became the third monastery of Holy Mountain, entered into communion with the Ukrainian autocephalous church. Earlier, the enthronement of Metropolitan Epiphany in Kiev had reached the delegation of monasteries Xenophon and Vatoped.
Remember that on Sunday, February 3 in St. Sophia Cathedral, during the burial ceremony of the president of the Orthodox Church. The enthronement should literally be recomposed from the inherent orthodoxy and Ukrainian tradition of the plays.
As stated, on Jan. 5, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed Tomos, who conferred an independent status on the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, whose creation was announced at the Council of the year. Unity on December 15, 2018. According to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Patriarchate of Constantinople invoked autocephaly and drew millions of believers to Ukraine as a true mother church, in contrast to their "stepmother". On January 6, a historic event took place: the head of the Epiphanian Orthodox Church in Istanbul was handed over to Tomos .
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The delegation of the PKU in Athos (6 photos)
Until then, December 15 took place the Council of unity. Representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the head of the UOC-Kyivan Patriarchate, the UAOC, the Metropolitan Patriarchate UOC-Moscow, Simeon and Alexander were present. After the vote, Epiphanes became metropolitan of Kiev and all of Ukraine during the cathedral. In turn, the metropolitan of UOC-Onufriy MP lost his status . The UOC deputy himself, under the decision of the Verkhovna Rada was renamed ROC .
After holding the cathedral in different regions of Ukraine, parishes began to pass from the UOC-MP to the CCP. The largest number of transitions in the Vinnytsia region. There is also a transition of the parish in the Zaporozhye region, which is the first finding on the territory of the left bank of Ukraine.
