Vicariate of The Ukrainian Orthodox Church

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The Vicariate of The Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Kyivan Patriarchate in The United States and Canada.

About The Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyivan Patriarchate in The USA and Canada

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The Vicariate of The Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyivan Patriarchate is an integral part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyivan Patriarchate under the protection (omophor) of His Holiness Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine Filaret. It represents those parishes and believers who have stayed within the National Mother Church (Pomisna Cerkva) of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyivan Patriarchate is a direct descendant of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of 1921 under Metroplitan Vasyl Lypkiwskyj. The Ukrainian Orthodox faithful in the United States and Canada were all part of this church and were sent hierarchs from Ukraine to serve the faithful. The first of which was His Beatitude Metropolitan John Theodorovich. The UAOC was persecuted in Ukraine and thousands of Bishops and priests were executed at the hands of the Bolshevik regime.

In an unfortunate event, illegal by the statutes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in The USA, after the death of Ukraine's first Patriarch, His Holiness Patriarch Mstyslav, the hierarchy of The Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA renounced their autocephaly and left The Ukrainian Orthodox Church in 1994. These hierarchs joined The Ecumenical Patriarchate as Titular Bishops of the throne and left The Ukrainian Orthodox Church with its historical center in Kyiv, Ukraine.

It was at this time that many Ukrainian Orthodox faithful decided to stay with the mother church and honor their ancestors wishes and the wishes of our martyred clergy who were executed for their faith. The Vicariate of The Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyivan Patriarchate in The USA and Canada, calls on all of its children in North America to honor the wishes of Patriarchs Mstyslav and Volodymyr and not succumb to foreign rule but rather unite with The Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyivan Patriarchate.

St. Nicholas 45th Annual Spaghetti Dinner - Fundraiser

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Homewood, IL along with its pastor very rev. Boris Zabrodsky and asst. pastor rev. Stefan McInnes invite you to their 45th ANNUAL SPAGHETTI DINNER Fundraiser. This is the only fundraiser that St. Nicholas has each year, please support their efforts or make a contribution to the parish.

When: Saturday March 20, 2010
             2 pm until 8 pm

Where: St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
              17935 Springfield
              Homewood, IL 60530

Contact: Rev. Boris Zabrodsky at (708) 799-1023

Holy Acsension Parish to Build Monument to The Genocide Famine "Holodomor"

There is no historical precedent as to the scale and cruelty of the murder of millions of Ukrainians by forced starvation in the years of 1932 - 1933.

The atrocity is so unique that it required a new word: Holodomor, which is now recognized in most languages as torture by starvation and exclusively refers to 1932-1933 atrocities.

The man responsible for the atrocity is Stalin and the regime the former Soviet Union.

Our parishioners propose to erect a monument to the millions that perished and have contributed generously for the project, but need a bit of your help to complete the task.

Please help us make humankind aware that such events did happen and should never be forgotten.

To Make a Donation, please contact:

Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Ascension Cathedral
635 Broad Street
Clifton, NJ   07013

President: Wolodymyr Mohuchy
Tel: (973) 661-4949
E-MAIL: wolodymyr@verizon.net

The Meaning Of Great Lent - 02/19/10

The Meaning and Symbolism of Great Lent in The Orthodox Faith

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Future President Should Not Interfere with UOC-KP - 02/19/10

KYIV — The spokesman of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), Bishop Yevstratii (Zoria) of Vasylkivtsi, commented on the preliminary results of the second round of the presidential elections in Ukraine. He said that the rather insignificant difference of votes between the two candidates does not allow one to talk about a definite victory of defeat of one of them. According to the bishop’s view on the Church’s future under the new president, the victor will follow the policy of Leonid Kuchma and will try to take into account his mistakes. The hierarch stressed that in view of the lack of the strong support of the population and a large number of urgent problems which are to be solved, it would not be prudent for the future president to interfere in the campaign against UOC-KP.

“Of course, the newly-elected president will not provide open and public support of the Kyivan Patriarchate or other denominations, but I think neither will he enter in an open struggle in favor of the interests of the Moscow Patriarchate against other denominations. Rather, the policy of a certain equal distance in expression of sympathies towards the Moscow Patriarchate will continue,” noted Bishop Yevstratii in an interview to Portal-Credo.Ru.

In his commentary the hierarch also noted that due to the fact that the reform of 2004 deprived the presidential post of its former significance, much will depend on the parliamentary election. “On the one hand, it may appear that it would be convenient for the victor to dismiss the parliament but on the other hand, the results of the election campaign and the composition of the new parliament are even less predictable than the results of the presidential election. Therefore, I think the new president will take such a risk only if he has no other political choice,” says the commentary.

As for the issue of the national Orthodox church, the bishop noted that if the issue depended on the will of the president, one could predict that discussion about it would stop. “But in reality, the issue is raised by the church itself and the society. Therefore, regardless of the sentiments and personal sympathies of the president, the issue will remain raised,” stated the bishop.

The Agonizing Saga Of Archbishop Antony's Legal Jihad Against Holy Ascension Parish - 02/18/10

Legal Counsel Myroslaw Smorodsky Esq. gives a historical synopsis of the legal proceedings against Holy Ascension Parish in Clifton, NJ. He also clearly describes the abandonment of The Ukrainian Orthodox Church in The USA by the former hierarchs.

Patriarch Filaret Meets US Ambassador John Tefft

5 March 2010

KYIV – On February 5, 2010, Ambassador Plenipotentiary of the USA in Ukraine, John Tefft, met with the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret, in the patriarch’s residence. According to the press service of the Kyivan Patriarchate, the parties exchanged thoughts about the religious situation in Ukraine.

The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate informed the guest about the status and prospects of the dialogue between the branches of Orthodoxy in Ukraine and expressed hope that the problem will be solved in the spirit of the Christian love.