Dumenko takes control of UOC-KP patriarchate building
Epifaniy Dumenko and other representatives of the OCU in the building of the UOC-KP patriarchate. Photo: OCU press service
On March 28, 2026, the OCU website published photographs showing Epifaniy Dumenko and other OCU “hierarchs” holding an event inside the UOC-KP patriarchate building on Chykalenko Street (formerly Pushkinska) in Kyiv.
The OCU press service made no mention of the event itself in the accompanying text, but until Filaret’s death, representatives of Dumenko’s structure had been barred from entering the building.
At the same time, the OCU has for many years claimed that both the UOC-KP patriarchate building and St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral legally belong to it.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that Dumenko had taken control of St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv.
Read also
UOC left out again as DESS updates list of groups eligible for exemptions
The “critically important” list includes 11,220 organizations, among them 61 communities of the defunct UAOC and 19 pagan groups. Not a single UOC parish is included.
Khmelnytskyi Eparchy sends medical aid to Sviatohirsk Lavra
Parishioners of a cathedral in Khmelnytskyi raised 30,000 hryvnias to help the Sviatohirsk monastery.
Hasidic pilgrims taken to Uman in Ukrainian military buses – social media
Hasidic pilgrims are being picked up at the Vinnytsia bus station in Ukrainian Armed Forces minibuses.
DESS finds signs of ROC affiliation in UOC Boryspil Eparchy
Yelensky's State Service established signs of connection between the administration of the Boryspil Eparchy of the UOC and the ROC through the Kyiv Metropolis.
About 1,000 more believers file applications to defend Kyiv Metropolis
UOC lawyer Nikita Chekman called on believers to offer fervent prayers in connection with the upcoming hearing in the case of the Kyiv Metropolis.
Greek priest supports Sviatohirsk Lavra brotherhood
A Greek priest called the killing of a monk of the Sviatohirsk Lavra a common tragedy for Orthodox Christians.