Hundreds of Orthodox churches in Ukraine reject Moscow Patriarchate for Kyiv, church leader says
About 150 churches in Ukraine have either rejected the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under Moscow and embraced the Kyiv-based Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) or are in the process of doing so, according to OCU head Metropolitan Epiphanius. “In recent days, we are seeing the beginning of a wave of transitions from the ROC [Russian Orthodox…