19 September 2018, 12:54 | Interview |  | 

Archbishop Job (Getcha) of Telmessos: “Ukraine has always been the canonical territory of the Ecumenical Patriarchate”

The dialogue regarding the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church and the appointment of its exarchs to Ukraine for this purpose, has resulted in opposition from the Moscow Patriarchate and their break in concelebrating with the hierarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has recently been one of the main topics of conversation that do no cease in Ukrainian society and Media.

15 September 2018, 06:58 | Interview | 

The Archbishop of Telmessos Job (Getcha): autocephaly is a way of ensuring the unity of the Church within the interior of a state, as well as the unity between the Local Churches

The Ecumenical Patriarchate responds to the attacks of the Russian Orthodox Church.

7 July 2016, 13:11 | Religious studies | 

Ukrainain Orthodoxy on the eve of Pan-Orthodox Council. Part III

The history evidences: the Local Churches that were historically associated with earthly empires were uninterested in the canonical establishment of local churches under their jurisdictions, and therefore usually granted autocephaly to churches only under the pressure of historic circumstances. No exception is the Moscow Patriarchate, which has incorporated the Orthodox Church in Ukraine since 1686.

5 July 2016, 14:22 | Religious studies | 

Ukrainian Orthodoxy: path to recovery of Church unity. Part II

Ukrainian Orthodoxy and Ukrainian society suffer from division. The majority of Ukrainian Orthodox believers belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. The rest of the Orthodox community of Ukraine has chosen a different path of self-proclaimed autocephaly. However, neither the first nor the second path is optimal for the Orthodox Church in Ukraine to date.