Filaret Denysenko
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Patriarch Filaret was a Ukrainian religious leader, serving as the primate and Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kyiv Patriarchate. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which he left in 2019, view
Filaret in 2018
Filaret during his tenure as Metropolitan of Kyiv and Halych in 1972
St. Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv, which became the seat of UOC-KP after 1992
Filaret and Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko, Kyiv, 2007
Epiphanius of Kyiv
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Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine is the primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, holding the title of Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine.
Filaret Denysenko
…Orthodox Church–Kyiv Patriarchate thus ceased to exist. On 20 June 2019, however, a conflict between Filaret and the new metropolitan of the OCU, Epiphanius of Kyiv, over details of the unification lead to Filaret declaring continuation of the UOC–KP with himself as the metropolitan. The continued UOC–KP is not…
Epiphanius in 2023
Epiphanius, then President Petro Poroshenko, and Andriy Parubiy on 15 December 2018
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (left) handing the tomos of autocephaly to Metropolitan Epiphanius (right)
Epiphanius with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2019