New Orthodox church officially registered in Ukraine

Respective information has been included in the single state register of legal entities, individual entrepreneurs and public associations.

According to the register, the OCU is registered as a legal entity under the title "Kyiv Metropolis of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Orthodox Church of Ukraine)" on January 30, 2019.

The registered OCU is located at 6 Triokhsviatytelska Street in Kyiv.

As reported, Metropolitan of Pereyaslav and Bila Tserkva Epiphanius was elected the primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine at a unification council on December 15, 2018. On January 6, he received a tomos (decree) of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

The enthronement ceremony for the primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius, will be held at St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv on February 3.