New metropolitans and archbishops ordained in UOC
Festive service at the St. Agapit Church in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Photo: church.ua
On August 17, 2024, during the feast of the Enthronement of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine, a festive Divine Liturgy was held at the St. Agapit Church in the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
During the service, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry elevated two archbishops to the rank of metropolitans and four bishops to the rank of archbishops.
Additionally, three archbishops were granted the right to wear a second panagia.
The archbishops elevated to the rank of metropolitans were Archbishop Victor (Kotsaba) of Khmelnytskyi and Starokostiantyniv and Archbishop Tikhon (Sofiichuk) of Romny and Buryin.
The bishops elevated to the rank of archbishops were: Bishop Simeon (Holubka), vicar of the Khust Diocese; Bishop Amvrosiy (Vainagiy), vicar of the Boryspil Diocese; Bishop Nikodim (Pustovgar), vicar of the Chernihiv Diocese; and Bishop Spiridon (Romanov), vicar of the Kyiv Metropolitanate.
The right to wear a second panagia was granted to Metropolitan Theodore (Hayun) of Kamianets-Podilskyi and Horodok, Metropolitan Meletiy (Yehorenko) of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna, and Metropolitan Augustine (Markevych) of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav.
As reported previously, a new metropolitan had been ordained in the UOC.
Read also
Priest charged with desertion freed after faithful raise bail
Archpriest Vitaliy Agafonov, a cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, has been released after bail was posted with funds raised by the faithful.
UOC clergy and laity from several eparchies donate blood for wounded soldiers
Clergy and Orthodox youth of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church donated blood for wounded military personnel.
UOC faithful in Kozelshchansk hold procession with icon of the Mother of God
Pilgrims and clergy of the Poltava Eparchy prayed at the Kozelshchansk Monastery and took part in a procession around the church with the wonderworking icon.
Hearing in Metropolitan Theodosiy’s сase postponed after “victim” no-show
A scheduled hearing at the Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Court in the case against the ruling bishop of the Cherkasy Eparchy was postponed after OCU chaplain Nazariy Zasansky failed to appear.
Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi: The time has come to build the Third Temple
The spiritual leader of Ukraine’s Jewish community commented on Tucker Carlson’s claims about the religious motives behind the war in the Middle East.
US bars removal of children from parents who reject gender transition
U.S. authorities have affirmed the right of families to raise their children in accordance with their religious convictions and biblical understanding of sex.