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Until relatively recently, Ukraine’s Orthodox faithful were divided into the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate), and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) said that the formation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) helped provoke the Russian invasion—prompting strong criticism from the OCU’s13-member Synod.
Orthodox communities in Ukraine that have been under the aegis of the Moscow patriarchate are transferring their allegiance to the rival autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as the war with Russia heightens nationalist sentiments.