Patriarch Kirill commemorated in Liturgy at Kiev Caves this morning (+VIDEO)

Kiev, May 28, 2022

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The Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church declared its complete self-governance and independence yesterday, and reportedly removed any connection with the Russian Orthodox Church from its statutes.

However, as the UOC didn’t explicitly declare itself “autocephalous,” many questions remain about what exactly happened yesterday, and opinions about what was decided and how to evaluate what was decided differ among the clergy and faithful of the UOC itself.

Against this background, it is significant that His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was commemorated in the Divine Liturgy broadcast from the Kiev Caves this morning.

At the 1:02:55 mark, the deacon chants: “Again we pray for our great lord and father, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill,” followed by the commemoration of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine:

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5/28/2022

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The Council issued a number of resolutions, including a condemnation of the fratricidal war, disagreement with Patriarch Kirill’s position on the war, what’s necessary for there to be any dialogue with the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine,” and declarations of the increased independence of the UOC. Notably, the possibility of making Chrism within the UOC was discussed. Metropolitan Onuphry addresses meeting of hierarchs, clergy, monastics, laity on wartime hardships (+VIDEO) Metropolitan Onuphry addresses meeting of hierarchs, clergy, monastics, laity on wartime hardships (+VIDEO) Metropolitan Onuphry addresses meeting of hierarchs, clergy, monastics, laity on wartime hardships (+VIDEO) Metropolitan Onuphry addresses meeting of hierarchs, clergy, monastics, laity on wartime hardships (+VIDEO)
The Ukrainian primate opened the meeting today with an address in which he summarized the difficult life of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church during the time of the ongoing fratricidal war. Local bans on Ukrainian Church have no legal force—UOC Legal Department Local bans on Ukrainian Church have no legal force—UOC Legal Department Local bans on Ukrainian Church have no legal force—UOC Legal Department Local bans on Ukrainian Church have no legal force—UOC Legal Department
Most recently, the mayor of Konotop, Sumy Province, declared the UOC banned in his city.
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