Canonical Status

Canonical Status

The National Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate

HISTORICAL AND CANONICAL DECLARATION BY THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS OF THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH KYIV PATRIARCHATE

The Council of Bishops of the UOC Kyiv Patriarchate proclaims this historical and canonical Declaration for the purpose of providing an explanation of the canonical status of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate, and its views of the situation of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, and on the basis of the Holy Scripture, Holy Traditions, canons and historical experience of the Ecumenical Orthodox Church, to propose ways and means for ending the existing division of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine and for establishing a unified National Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

I. THE CHURCH

II. THE CANONS

The Kyiv Patriarchate acknowledges all canonical rules whose authority is acknowledged by the Plenitude of the Orthodox Church, and applies them in the growth of practical church life.

III. THE COLLEGIALITY OF CHURCH. NATIONAL (AUTOCEPHALOUS) CHURCHES

Еach national community possesses the same plenitude of the gifts of grace as does the whole Church in general, because the same Christ is present in it in the same plenitude.

IV. CONDITIONS FOR THE DECLARATION OF AUTOCEPHALY OF A CHURCH

It is an undisputed fact that the canons of the Orthodox Church do not explicitly grant any particular National Church the authority to determine the method by which autocephaly may be proclaimed by any Church. Various National Churches have different opinions regarding the appropriate resolution of this issue.

V. A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE DECLARATIONS OF AUTOCEPHALY OF THE MAIN NATIONAL CHURCHES (part 1).

ANCIENT PATRIARCHATES AND THE CYPRIAN CHURCH. THE GEORGIAN CHURCH. THE BULGARIAN CHURCH. THE SERBIAN CHURCH.

V. A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE DECLARATIONS OF AUTOCEPHALY OF THE MAIN NATIONAL CHURCHES (part 2).

THE GREEK, ROMANIAN AND ALBANIAN CHURCHES. THE POLISH CHURCH. THE RUSSIAN CHURCH. CONCLUSION.

VI. HISTORICAL PREREQUISITES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH KYIV PATRIARCHATE (part 1).

THE UKRAINIAN CHURCH UNTIL XX CENTURY. THE STRUGGLE FOR AUTOCEPHALY OF THE UKRAINIAN CHURCH BEFORE WORLD WAR II. THE UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALOUS ORTHODOX CHURCH (1942 FORMATION).

VI. HISTORICAL PREREQUISITES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH KYIV PATRIARCHATE (part 2).

THE HISTORY OF THE MODERN PERIOD OF THE UKRAINIAN CHURCH. THE SCHISM OF THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH.

VII. THE LEGITIMATE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE UOC of NOVEMBER 1-3, 1991 AND THE SCHISMATIC SO-CALLED “KHARKIV COUNCIL” of MAY 27, 1992 (part 1).

THE LEGITIMATE NATIONAL COUNCIL. THE TRUE REASON OF THE SCHISM – THE DESIRE TO PRESERVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE UNITY OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH. THE THEORY OF “MOSCOW – THE THIRD ROME”.

VII. THE LEGITIMATE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE UOC of NOVEMBER 1-3, 1991 AND THE SCHISMATIC SO-CALLED “KHARKIV COUNCIL” of MAY 27, 1992 (part 2).

THE SCHISMATIC, SO-CALLED “KHARKIV COUNCIL”. THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE CHURCH OF COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS.

VIII. THE GRACE OF HOLY SACRAMENTS. BAPTISM (part1).

THE UNREPEATED SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM.

VIII. THE GRACE OF HOLY SACRAMENTS. BAPTISM (part2).

WHAT ARE HERESY, SCHISM AND ARBITRARY ASSEMBLAGE? DOES THE KYIV PATRIARCHATE FIT THE DEFINITION OF HERESY, SCHISM, OR ARBITRARY ASSEMBLAGE? THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE ORTHODOX AND THE DONATISTS CONCERNING THE CONSECRTION OF THOSE WHO DENIED CHRIST DURING THE PERSECUTIONS.

IX. THE HIERARCHY OF THE KYIV PATRIARCHATE PATRIARCH FILARET AND HIS UNLAWFUL “DEFROCKING” (part 1).

THE HIERARCHY OF THE KYIV PATRIARCHATE AND TODAY’S UAOC. THE INCRIMINATION AGAINST THE PRIMATE OF THE UOC.

IX. THE HIERARCHY OF THE KYIV PATRIARCHATE PATRIARCH FILARET AND HIS UNLAWFUL “DEFROCKING” (part 2).

THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS OF THE ROC (APRIL, 1992). ABDICATION FROM THE CATHEDRAL THRONE. THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS OF THE ROC OF JUNE, 11, 1992 AND SO-CALLED “JUDICIAL ACTION”. “Perjury”. “Schism”. THE APPEAL OF METROPOLITAN FILARET TO THE PRIMATES OF NATIONAL CHURCHES.

IX. THE HIERARCHY OF THE KYIV PATRIARCHATE PATRIARCH FILARET AND HIS UNLAWFUL “DEFROCKING” (part 3).

THE TRIAL OF SAINT ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA. THE TRIAL OF SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM.

X. THE SO-CALLED “ANATHEMATIZATION” OF PATRIARCH FILARET (part 1).

HOW THE APOSTLES USED THE ANATHEMA (CONDEMNATION). 2. HOW THE ANATHEMA WAS USED BY THE ANCIENT CHURCH. THE ANATHEMA AGAINST METROPOLITAN GREGORY (TSAMBLAK). MUTUAL ANATHEMATIZING DURING BREST COUNCILS OF 1596.

X. THE SO-CALLED “ANATHEMATIZATION” OF PATRIARCH FILARET (part 2).

ANATHEMAS BY THE RUSSIAN CHURCH FOR NON-RELIGIOUS REASONS. EXCOMMUNICATION AND CHURCH PUNISHMENTS DURING THE SOVIET ERA. CONFLICT BETWEEN THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE AND ROCA.

XI. THE POSITION OF THE KYIV PATRIARCHY TOWARD THE UOC-MP AND THE UAOC. CONCLUSION.

It is time to stop battling each other. In the context of secularization of society, raging amorality, and today’s faithlessness, Orthodox Christians must, as never before, be united, and, by their deeds, be the light for the world and the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13-14).

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