| Titleoverride: | Metropolitan of |
| Archbishopric: | Kyiv and All Ukraine |
| Border: | Eastern Orthodox |
| Established: | 2018 |
| Cathedral: | St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv |
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Denomination: | Byzantine Orthodoxy |
| Coat: | Emblem of Epiphanius I of Kyiv and All Ukraine.svg |
| Coat Caption: | Monogram of Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine |
| Incumbent: | Epiphanius I of Ukraine |
| Incumbent Note: | since 15 December 2018 |
| Style: | His Beatitude |
The Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine is the metropolitan bishop who is the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. This ecclesiastical title was created and canonized at the Unification council of 2018 held in Kyiv, Ukraine. The incumbent is Epiphanius I of Ukraine.
The head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine[1] is elected for life,[2] his title is "His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine". According to the Statute, the Metropolitan of Kyiv is elected from three by the Local Council chaired by the vicar by secret ballot.
Ex officio, the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine chairs assemblies (councils) of the Local Church, Bishops, and Holy Synod. Relations of the Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine with others diocesan bishops and other hierarchs of the Local Church are determined in accordance with the provisions of the statutory documents of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine according to the 34th Apostolic Rule and the 9th Rule of the Antiochian Council, as well as in accordance with the provisions of the Patriarchal and Synodal Tomos, delivered on January 6, 2019.
The Primate is accountable to the Local Church and Bishop Councils. The Primate takes care of the life of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and governs it together with the Holy Synod.
The Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine commemorates the names of the Ecumenical Patriarch and other Patriarchs and heads of autocephalous Orthodox Churches in a diptych during the liturgy. All hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine commemorate the name of the Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine during the liturgy. After the conclave's election to the Kyiv See, the new Primate announces it through "Letters of Peace" to the Ecumenical Patriarch, the Primates of the Ancient Thrones and the heads of other Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, testifying to them of his unchanging observance of Orthodox dogmas and holy canons.
The external signs of the Primate's dignity are a white hood, two Panagias, a purple (crimson) mantle and a nasal cross. The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has a personal seal and his own form with religious symbols, where his name and title are indicated.
The Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine is the sacred archimandrite of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Michael's Golden-Top Monastery, and other monasteries of special historical significance, and heads the metropolitan stauropegions.
The right to judge the Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine belongs to the Local Church Council at the request of the Council of Bishops.
In the case of permanent incapacity, which creates significant obstacles for the further performance of service, the Primate has the right to appeal to the Local Church Council through the Council of Bishops with a request for retirement. In order to preserve church unity and continuity of governance in the case of:
During the period of vacancy of the Kyiv diocese:
After the vacancy of the Kyiv See, the Locum Tenens and the Holy Synod convene a Local Council no later than 6 months after that to elect a new Primate.
A Candidate for the Superior must meet the following requirements:
The election of the Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine takes place according to the following procedure:
After the announcement of the voting results, the bishop elected by the Local Council as the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine certifies his consent to the election and becomes the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, performing from that moment on the duties of the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine as they are set forth in the statutory documents of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. All members of the Local Council sign the Act on the election of the Primate, which is kept in the archives of the Kyiv Metropolis. The election of the new Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine and the date of his enthronement in the city of Kyiv are reported to the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Heads of other autocephalous Orthodox Churches. After the solemn enthronement according to the Divine Liturgy, the bishop elected by the Local Council becomes the Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine.
The head of the UOC-MP religious organization Onufrii Berezovskyi was warned by the Ecumenical Patriarch that after 15 December 2018, representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate have no right to ecclesiologically and canonically bear the title of Metropolitan of Kyiv. He went on to say that their use of such title was in violation of the terms of official documents of the ROC of 1686.[3] [4] [5] This was reflected in the yearbook of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, published after the Orthodox Church of Ukraine received autocephaly: the bishops of the ROC in Ukraine are named in it only by reference to the place of residence; for example, Bishop Onufrii Berezovsky is no longer mentioned as the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, but is called "the Metropolitan of Kyiv." The entire episcopate of the ROC in Ukraine in the yearbook of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is included in the list of bishops of the Orthodox Church of Russia.[6] Patriarch Bartholomew also met with ROC Patriarch Kirill and said that "the Ecumenical Patriarchate has decided to use all means to resolve the issue of granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The decision was made in April. and Fanar implements this decision "(according to the representative of Bartholomew, Metropolitan of Gaul Emanuel).[7]
Epiphanius I is the first Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. He is styled "Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine". He was elected at the Unification Council and received the tomos of autocephaly from the Ecumenical Patriarch on 6 January 2019.[8] [9] [10] After the council, the newly elected metropolitan addressed the public on the Sophia Square in Kyiv.[11]
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Church