The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and Diaspora

 

Introduction




The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and Diaspora
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and Diaspora is a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the United States.
In 1923 a petition was sent to the newly formed Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), a jurisdiction formed in the aftermath of Ukrainian independence in 1918, but which has never enjoyed canonical recognition in mainstream Orthodoxy.
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