Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Ukrainian: Українська Православна Церква; Russian: Украинская Православная Церковь) is an autonomous Church of Eastern Orthodoxy in Ukraine, under the ecclesiastic jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. There are two other major Orthodox Churches in Ukraine, while it is the only one whose canonical status is recognised by the whole Eastern Orthodox communion, Moscow Patriarchate only.
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