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The Church of Constantinople declared the Ukrainian “your spiritual daughter.”
The text signed by Thomas / photo Onionshare, January 5, the Ecumenical Patriarch signed the Tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

Full text translation of a historical document from Bartholomew, by the mercy of God Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, published by TSN.

“You have come to mount Zion… to the Church of the firstborn” (Heb. 12:22-23) blessed among the Nations, the Apostle Paul tells all believers; and indeed, the Church is the mountain so strong and stable, immutable and unshakable. Although one flock and the one body of Christ is called the Church of God, which everywhere has the confession of the Orthodox faith, communion in the sacraments, in the Holy Spirit and the inviolability of the Apostolic succession and the canonical order, but even from Apostolic times consists of Churches located in the lands and countries, internally self-governing with their own pastors and teachers and Ministers of the gospel of Christ, that is, each place of the bishops, for reasons not only of historical significance cities and countries in the world, but also because of the particular pastoral necessities in them.

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So, as a pious and Bahamarita the land of Ukraine strengthened and exalted high and the fishery received its full political independence, state and Church leaders which is almost thirty years fervently ask her ecclesiastical government and side-by-side with the people and in tune with his long-time requests of its time turned to the Holy Apostolic Throne of Constantinople, which according to centuries-old canonical tradition must worry about the Holy Orthodox Churches who have this need, and most of those who have always associated with it a canonical ties, as the historical metropolis of Kiev, our Obedience to the most Reverend Metropolitans with us and honorable, beloved in the Holy Spirit, brothers and concelebrants, debt worries the great Church of Christ over the Orthodox world, to heal constantly threatening schisms and divisions in the local Churches, like-minded determine and declare to the whole Orthodox Church is located within politically formed and fully independent state of Ukraine, together with the Holy Metropolitanates, Arhiepiskopii, Episcopiei, monasteries, parishes and all of them ecclesiastical institutions, which is under the protection of the founder of the one, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of the God-man our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, there was now canonically Autocephalous, independent and Autonomous, with the First in Church Affairs and recognizing each of the canonical Primate, who bears the title of “his Beatitude Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine”, — it is not allowed any addition or subtraction from his title without permission of the Church of Constantinople, who is the Chairman of the Holy Synod, which convened annually of Bishops, invited alternately by their seniority, from among those that have a diocese within the geographical boundaries of Ukraine. This will be managed the Affairs of the Church in this country as to proclaim the divine and Holy Canons freely and in the Holy Spirit, and freely, without any other external influence.


Bartholomew signed the Tomos / photo UNIAN

Besides, it signed the Patriarchal and Synodal Tomos we recognize and declare established within the territory of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church, our spiritual daughter, and invite all the world’s Orthodox Churches to recognize her as a sister and to mention under the name of “the Holy Church of Ukraine” as such that has the historic Department of the city of Kiev, can’t bishops, or to establish parishes outside of the state; existing now obey according to the order of the Ecumenical Throne, which has canonical authority in the Diaspora, because the jurisdiction of this Church is limited to the territory of the Ukrainian State.

And we give her all the privileges and sovereign rights of an Autocephalous Church Authority, so the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, making divine, remembers “All Orthodox Bishops”, and the Assembly of Holy Bishops with him, remembers his name as the First and the Primate of the Holy Church of Ukraine. With regard to internal Church management, considered, judged and determined solely them and the Holy Synod, following the gospel and other teachings, in accordance with the Sacred Tradition and respected the canonical decrees of our Holy Orthodox Church, and those of the 6th Canon of the I Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, which specifies that “if a General vote of the whole, which will be fair and according to the ecclesiastical Canon, two or three because of their propensity to disputes will argue, it has the power to let the decision of the majority,” also remains the right of all bishops and other clergy of appeal on an appeal to the Ecumenical Patriarch, which has the canonical responsibility to make peremptory judicial decisions to the bishops and other clergy of the local Churches, in connection with 9-m and 16-m of the sacred canons IV Chalcedon Ecumenical Council.

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To clarify the above, that the Autocephalous Church of Ukraine recognizes the head of the Holy Apostolic and Patriarchal Ecumenical Throne, as well as other Patriarchs and primates, and has, together with other canonical duties and responsibilities, primarily for the preservation of our Orthodox Faith intact and canonical unity and fellowship with the Ecumenical Patriarchate and other local Orthodox churches. And before that, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, Hierarchs of the Holy Church of Ukraine, shall be elected henceforth according to the relevant provisions of the divine and sacred Canons, and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, which are all necessary to comply with the provisions of this Patriarchal and Synodal Tomos of. All bishops are obliged to take care that bogolepno to shepherd the people of God, leading in the fear of God is peace and harmony in the country and in his Church.

But all was not premanjana the connection between the spiritual unity and fellowship of the Holy churches of God, because we have learned to “keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace” (Eph. 4:3), each Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine needs to remember according to the ancient Legend of the Holy Fathers of our Ecumenical Patriarch, his Beatitude the Patriarchs and other primates of local Orthodox Churches, in a series of Diptychs, according to canonical order, having its place after the Primate of the Church of Czech lands and Slovakia in the sacred Diptychs and the Church gatherings.


Photo UNIAN

Thus, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, through its First canonical Locum Tenens of the Kiev Throne, is obliged to participate in the important canonical, dogmatic and other issues in inter-Orthodox meetings, which are from time to time, according to sacred tradition, long-established Fathers. First, nastavlenii, shall be sure to send appropriate Letters of Peace to the Ecumenical Patriarch and other primates, and he has the right to obtain, starting your peaceful home away from the mother Church of Constantinople for customs, receiving from her and the Holy chrism, for the manifestation of spiritual unity with her. Addressing significant matters ecclesiastical, dogmatic and canonical nature should be his Beatitude Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine on behalf of the Holy Synod of his Church to turn to our Holy and Ecumenical Patriarchal Throne, seeking from him an authoritative opinion and solid understanding, and the rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the Exarchate in Ukraine and the sacred stavropigio stored nepremennym.

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So, in all these conditions, our Holy Great Church of Christ blesses and declares Orthodox Church of the Ukrainian Autocephalous and generously calls the Hierarchy on the Ukrainian land, immaculate clergy and godly people, from the inexhaustible treasure of the Holy spirit, divine gifts, praying that the Great and First Hierarch, Jesus Christ, the intercession of and selegeline all-Holy, immaculate lady Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary, the Holy glorious and equal to the apostles Prince Vladimir and the glorious Holy Princess Olga, venerable and God-bearing Fathers, the ascetics and the monks of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and other monasteries strengthened her forever in the body of the one, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church thus credited Autocephalous Church of Ukraine and gave her blagostanja, unity, peace and growth, to His glory, of the Father, and the Holy spirit.

Thus, this solved rosacena and joy made known to you from the distinguished center of Orthodoxy of the Cathedral was approved for permanent preservation issued this Patriarchal and Synodal Tomos, written and signed in the Code of our great Church of Constantinople of Christ, presented in the exact and identical copies of his Beatitude the Primate of the Holy Church, Metropolitan Epiphanius and His Excellency the President of Ukraine Mr. Petro Poroshenko, the eternal proof and permanent performance.

The year two thousand and nineteenth month of January, 6, Indiction 12.

  • Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in Christ God decides
  • Metropolitan Panteleimon Vrolikii,
  • Metropolitan Italian and Maltese Gennady,
  • Metropolitan German Augustine,
  • Metropolitan Tarnopolsky Herman,
  • Metropolitan new Gerski Angel,
  • Metropolitan Cyril of Rhodes,
  • Metropolitan Retmsi and Aploparaksis Eugene,
  • Metropolitan Korean Ambrose,
  • Metropolitan Singapore Contantin,
  • Austrian Metropolitan Arseny,
  • Smski Metropolitan Chrysostomos,
  • Metropolitan Chicago Nathaniel.