UAOC / UOC-KP talk unification

(RISU) - On 27 October, in a session hall within the Golden Dome Monastery of St. Michael, the first joint session of the committees set up by the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) and the Hierarchical Council of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) to conduct the dialogue on unification was held.

On behalf of the Kyivan Patriarchate, the session was attended by the head of the committee, Metropolitan Dymytrii of Lviv and Sokal, Bishop Epifanii of Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi and Boryspil, Bishop Yevstratii of Bohuslav. UAOC was represented by the head of the committee, Metropolitan Andrii of Halych, Metropolitan Makarii of Lviv, Bishop Volodymyr of Zhytomyr and Polissia, Bishop Ioan of Lviv and Sambir, Bishop Volodymyr of Vyshhorod and Podillia.

According to a report of the press-service of the Kyivan Patriarchate, at the first session, the participants exchanged ideas on a wide range of questions on the history and present state of the Ukrainian Orthodoxy and discussed various proposals as to possible ways of unification of UOC-KP with UAOC. A list of proposals was prepared to be included in the final document of the session.

In the afternoon, the second session was held where the hierarchs of the two Churches considered and passed the text of the final document. The 10 paragraphs of the document present both the agreed general vision of the unification process and concrete proposals as to overcoming the existing Church divide.

Upon approval of the document by the primates of the Churches, it is to be submitted to consideration of the two Churches, particularly, discussion at the eparchial sessions. The next joint session of the committees is to be held according to the results of the consideration and discussion.

The final document was signed by all the participants of the session.

Comments

  1. Merwyn BogueOctober 31, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    What will it take to bring the UOC-MP into the discussion?

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  2. JasonOctober 31, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    Being granted their rightful freedom from the MP

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  3. Merwyn BogueNovember 1, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    I'm a little confused. I thought the goal was one Orthodox Church per country. How can the KP and UAOC have "rightful freedom" from someone they are suppose to be united to?

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  4. JasonNovember 1, 2011 at 6:24 PM

    Yes One Church for Ukraine, One for Russia, if we want to follow the spirit of how the Orthodox Church operates.

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  5. Alexandre FoliãoNovember 3, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    And one for Belarus and Moldova too!

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