In its seventh year, OCU holds the first meeting of Monastic Commission
Members of the newly established Monastic Commission of the OCU. May 5, 2025 Photo: archangel.kiev.ua
On May 5, 2025, the first meeting of the newly created Synodal Commission on Monasteries and Monasticism of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) took place in Kyiv. This was reported on the website of the OCU’s Stavropegial Parish of the Myrrh-Bearing Women.
It is stated that the first session held in the seventh year of the Dumenko marks “the beginning of a new stage in the life of the monasteries”.
According to the website, about a dozen representatives from the “leading monasteries” of the OCU gathered at the St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in the capital to discuss “new directions in the development of monastic life”.
The commission members identified “promising areas for future work,” particularly “the preservation and development of the traditions of Ukrainian monasticism”.
As earlier reported by the UOJ, the OCU urged not to treat monasticism like a "sacred relic".
Read also
Dumenko: Russian shelling only underscores the “canonical” status of the OCU
Serhiy Dumenko assured that the OCU “opposes discord by seeking accord, peace, and unity.”
Venezuela’s opposition leader hands Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal
During talks at the White House, Venezuela’s opposition leader presented the U.S. president with the Nobel Peace Prize medal she received for her struggle against the regime in Caracas.
New UOC church of St. Basil the Great consecrated in Krasnoilsk, Bukovyna
The rite of consecration and the festive service were led by Metropolitan Meletiy of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna.
New men’s monastery founded in UOC's Oleksandriia Eparchy
The Holy Transfiguration monastery will become a center of prayer and spiritual care in the region.
European Parliament honors memory of Archbishop Anastasios of Albania
For the first time, the European Parliament hosted an event dedicated to the life and works of the late Primate of the Albanian Church.
UN seeks to include abortion and gender ideology in “children’s rights”
In Geneva, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is considering a draft that proposes to enshrine for minors the right to abortion and gender transition without parental consent.