Ukrainian Orthodox Church facts for kids

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is one of two major Orthodox Christian denominations in Ukraine. It has around 8-10 million members worldwide. The head of the church is the Metropolitian of Kyiv and All Ukraine.

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St Andrew's prophecy of Kiev depicted in Radzivill Chronicle.
The Baptism of Kievans, a fresco by Viktor Vasnetsov.
Christmas icon, Adoration of the Shepherds, from the Ivan Honchar Museum collection. Artist unknown, c. 1670.
Pochayiv Lavra, located right next to the border of the Russian Empire and Austro-Hungary after its return to Orthdoxy in 1833 became a major bastion against the Catholic-ruled Galicia.
Ruins of the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery after its destruction in 1936
Praying child by Jacques Hnizdovsky
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (left) handing the tomos of autocephaly to Metropolitan Epiphanius (right)
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is used by the OCU as its Mother Church.
The Kiev Pechersk Lavra of the UOC(MP)
Although the St. George's Cathedral in Lviv is no longer the mother church of the UGCC, the Church's parish continues to be centered in Western Ukraine
St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kiev

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