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320 Moscow Patriarchate parishes joined OCU after Tomos, - Poroshenko Since the Tomos of Autocephaly was granted to Ukraine, 320 parishes have joined Ukraine's independent Orthodox Church. 6 887 111 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Over 20 parishes of UOC MP in Vinnytsia region join Orthodox Church of Ukraine As much as five parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) joined the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) last weekend alone. 33 525 106 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Parubii invites Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to visit Ukraine: "This would be milestone event" Speaking with the Exarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, Andrii Parubii asked them to invite the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to visit Ukraine. 7 644 95 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
US supports Ukraine's will to have united local church, Envoy Volker says Kurt Volker, the U.S. state department's special envoy on Ukraine says the American government completely supports Ukraine's aspirations to have its own united local church. 5 145 91 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
"It will be all right. With God's help," - Ecumenical Patriarchate exarchs on granting autocephaly to Ukraine. PHOTOS Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon from the United States and Bishop Ilarion of Edmonton from Canada - the exarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate - have arrived for a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which kicked off in Istanbul yesterday, Oct. 9. 17 109 90 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Lavras belong to state, their handover to pass off without violence, Kyiv Patriarchate spokesperson says Archbishop Yevstratii (Zoria), the press secretary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), says the Ukrainian Orthodox monasteries, namely the Kyiv-Pechersk, Pochaiv and Sviatohirsk lavras, should belong to the Ukrainian church. 19 229 84 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Moscow should recognize that Ukrainian people have right to church independence, - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I says the Russian Orthodox Church should accept the independence of the Ukrainian Church. 13 666 83 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Kyiv Patriarchate expects fruitful cooperation with Ecumenical Patriarchate Exarchs in preparations for granting autocephaly to Ukraine's Orthodox Church, - Archbishop Yevstratii Exarchs will represent Ecumenical Patriarch and the church in performing preparations for the provision of autocephaly. 9 991 81 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Over 100 UOC-MP parishes converted into OCU, - Epiphanius More than 100 of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchy (UOC-MP) parishes have converted into Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU). 6 830 80 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Russian secret services plot provocations in Ukrainian cities during church unification council, - SBU Russian special services and occupation leadership of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" discussed holding of religious processions in various cities of Ukraine on the day of the church's unification council and provocations in order to trigger clashes with the law enforcers. 20 565 73 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
By disputing law "on renaming of churches," UOC-MP recognized its dependence on Russian Orthodox Church, - Yevstratii (Zoria) Bill No. 5309 obliging religious communities to indicate in their names the subordination to aggressor state-based Church, if any, has no direct relevance to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) but by rejecting the law, this Church recognized its dependence on the Russian Orthodox Church. 16 886 71 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Tomos of church autocephaly will not be revoked - Poroshenko's adviser Pavlenko If the conditions set out in the tomos are not violated, if the church does not revise or amend it, revoking the tomos is off the table. 5 658 34 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Filaret: Kremlin seeks for reason to 'protect' Orthodox believers in Ukraine Russian authorities are looking for a new reason to launch another "protection campaign" this time of Orthodox believers in Ukraine. 5 840 25 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Creation of local church 
It's up to Ecumenical Patriarch to decide when church unification council should be held, - Filaret Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) Filaret says he can not name the date of the convocation of the Unification Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox churches for it depends on the Ecumenical Patriarch. 3 086 20 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
