Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Diaspora ( Ukrainian Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Diaspora ), also Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Communities in the Diaspora ( Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Communities in the Diaspora ) [1] and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church ( Orthodox Church) ) - Ukrainian emigrant Orthodox jurisdiction within the Constantinople Patriarchate , which operates in Great Britain , Western Europe , Australia and New Zealand . In fact, since the 1970s it has been part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the United States , formally remaining an independent church.
It is divided into two dioceses: the British-Western European with a chair in the Transfiguration Cathedral in London and the Australian-New Zealand (there is no cathedral).
Constructs its history to the UAOC, revived during the German occupation of the Ukrainian SSR . In 1995 it was accepted into the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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History
After the occupation of Ukraine during World War II, the Metropolitan of Warsaw Dionysius unauthorizedly extended his jurisdiction to the occupied Ukrainian lands. In his memorandum to the German civil authorities of July 15, 1942, Metropolitan Dionysius expressed the view that according to the Tomos of the Patriarch of Constantinople, his Local Church is the heiress of the ancient Kiev Metropolis in its canonical function until 1686, when it was subordinated to the Moscow Patriarchate.
February 8-10, 1942 in Pinsk , the autocratic Cathedral of the Autocephalous Ukrainian Bishops is held, consisting of Polycarp (Sikorsky) and Alexander (Inozemtsev) , who ordain three "bishops".
The second revival of the UAOC at the beginning of 1942 on the territory of Ukraine turned out to be short-lived - already in the autumn of 1943 the bishops and priests of the UAOC began to move to Warsaw , and in the summer of 1944 to Germany [3] .
Metropolitan Polycarp, who was in Hanover in the summer of 1945, convened the first meeting of the bishops, which took place on July 16, 1945 in the city of Bad Kissingen. At this meeting, a decision was made to continue to act as a hierarchical body of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in exile.
On August 25-26, 1947, a congress is being held in the city of Aschaffenburg , which was called by supporters of the UAOC’s first revival; the congress delegates (7 priests and 60 laity) declared all UAOC bishops apostates and called for the transfer to the jurisdiction of John (Theodorovich) ; thus was created the "Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Sobornopravnaya)". John (Theodorovich) refused to deal with “unified jurisdiction”, but Bishop Gregory (Ogiychuk), who arrived in Asafenburg on October 17, 1947, headed the new jurisdiction. [3]
So in the summer of 1949 the UAOC in the Diaspora numbered about 60 parishes, 20,000 believers, 127 priests and 20 deacons. Parishes in post-war Germany developed church life. In Munich, there existed a Theological Scientific Institute and a Theological-Pedagogical Academy, where Ukrainian scientists and theologians taught. Germany, however, was for many fugitives only a transshipment station. Since 1948, thousands of Ukrainian peasants have sought refuge in the United States, Canada, Australia , New Zealand , and South America . In connection with the resettlement of Orthodox Ukrainians from Germany in 1946-1951, most of the bishops and clergy emigrated. In 1950, their theological academy was closed [4] .
From the UAOC hierarchy in Europe, only Metropolitan Polycarp (Sikorsky) remained in France with a center in Aulnay-sous-Bois near Paris (from May 1950, he was also in Germany in the Ukrainian camps of Gronau and Gaidenau) and Archbishop Nikanor (Abramovich) in Karlsruhe .
In the jurisdiction of Metropolitan Polycarp, the UAOC church communities remained in France , Belgium , England , Austria , Australia and other overseas countries. Archbishop Nicanor led all parishes in Germany. At the UAOC Church Council in Paris on September 15-16, 1952, Archbishop Nikanor was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan and was elected Deputy Metropolitan of the UAOC. Metropolitan Polycarp, for his great services to the UAOC, the Cathedral granted the title “His Beatitude, His Beatitude Metropolitan Polycarp”.
After the death of Metropolitan Polycarp on October 22, 1953, Archbishop Nikanor began to manage the UAOC in the diaspora. On October 28 of that year, the UAOC Extraordinary Council was held in Paris, at which Metropolitan Nikanor was elected First Hierarch of the UAOC. This election was approved at the First Council of the UAOC Metropolis, held December 16-18, 1956 in Karlsruhe. The Council adopted the Charter of the UAOC. Governing bodies were elected and Archbishop Mstislav (Skripnik) was elected deputy metropolitan.
After the death of Metropolitan Nikanor from March 20 to 21, 1969, the UAOC Extraordinary Council took place on September 12-14, 1969 in Ottobun near Munich , at which the “New York Archbishop, former Bishop of Pereyaslavsky and Vicar of the Metropolitan of Kiev” Mstislav, was elected the First Hierarch of the UAOC in which meant the loss of actual independence by this jurisdiction [4] . Mstislav (Skrypnik) died on June 11, 1993.
At the Seventh Council of the UAOC in the Diaspora from April 8 to 10, 1994 at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel Michael in Genk, Belgium, Bishop Konstantin (Bugan) was elected Petro-hierarch of the UAOC in the Diaspora with the title “Beatitude Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Diaspora.”
On March 12, 1995, Patriarch Bartholomew I in his speech confirmed the acceptance of all Orthodox Ukrainians in the diaspora under his jurisdiction. Thus, this jurisdiction gained canonical status.
First Hierarchs of the UOC in the Diaspora
- Polycarpus (Sikorsky) (July 16, 1945 - July 26, 1953)
- Nikanor (Abramovich) (October 22, 1953 - March 21, 1969)
- Mstislav (Skrypnik) (September 1969 - June 11, 1993)
- Konstantin (Bagan) (October 15, 1993 - May 21, 2012)
- Anthony (Shcherba) (from November 14, 2012 as locum tenens, from October 31, 2015 as Metropolitan)
Notes
- ↑ 11th Zvichayny Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Gromads in the Diaspora Cathedral in Munich, Nimechchina .
- ↑ Contrary to the name, it is not autocephalous , as it is subordinate to the Patriarch of Constantinople.
- ↑ 1 2 Ukrainian Orthodox churches in the diaspora - national guardianship or testimony to the world?
- ↑ 1 2 Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Europe on the site “Hierarchy of liturgical churches”
Links
- http://www.uaoc-diaspora.com/ official site
- Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Europe on the site “Hierarchy of liturgical churches”