Newly elected head of the new Ukrainian national Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Epifaniy has said head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) Onufriy will be only the metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine after the unification council of the Ukrainian Orthodox churches took place.
UNIAN: Metropolitan Epifaniy explains status of Moscow Patriarchate’s Onufriy after unification council
Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, Onufriy, takes part in a ceremony marking the 1030th anniversary of the Christianisation of the country, which was then known as Kyivan Rus', in Kyiv on July 27.