During the World War II, the rebirth of the canonical branch of UAOC took place.

It received the Autonomy from Dionysius (Waledyski), the Metropolitan of

Polish Orthodox Church, which in 1924 received the status of autocephality
from Ecumenical Patriarch Gregorios VII.
Metropolitan Dionysius was elevated into the Bishop dignity in 1913 by
Gregorios IV, the Patriarch of Antioch, who had the ordination in the lineage of
Apostle Peter.
In 1932, Metropolitan Dionisius ordained Metropolitan Polycarp (Sikorsky) and
in 1942 appointed him to the Nazi-occupied Ukraine for the renewing of UAOC
and ordination of new bishops. Thus, all the hierarchy of UAOC in 1942 received
the canonical ordinations of Bishops in the lineage of Apostle Peter. Among the
ordained into Bishops were the deceased Patriarch Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) and
Metropolitan Hryhoriy Ohiychuk. After the World War II in 1945 the UAOC in
Ukraine was liquidated by the Soviet power. Some Bishops and the clergy of
UAOC were delivered to the German concentration camps and some managed
to emigrate to Europe and America, where they continued their church life and
built the churches of UAOC.
In 1990 after the celebration of the 1000-anniversary of Baptism of Rus in
Ukraine, the new movement for rebirth of the Ukrainian Autocephalous
Orthodox Church began. It was initiated by Metropolitan Jonh (Bodnarchuk),
and in the central Ukraine, in April 1990 the rebirth of the UAOC was initiated
by archpriest Oleh Koulik, who organized about 200 religious communities of
the UAOC being the Metropolitan administrator for Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsa and
Zhytomyr regions.
In 1990, on the 5-6th of June, the All-Ukrainian Orthodox Council was held in
Kyiv where more than 700 delegates from the whole Ukraine took part, among
them there were 7 bishops and more than 200 priests. The Council declared
the fact of establishing the UAOC and elected Metropolitan Mstyslav
(Skrypnyk), who had the episcopal lineage from Polish Orthodox Church, to be
the Patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine.
On 2 October 1990 the authorities of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
registered the UAOC in the official order. And on 18 November 1990 in St.
Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Metropolitan Mstyslav was enthroned into the
Patriarch of Kyiv and All Ukraine.
Since that time Patriarch Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) had not only become the first
Patriarch but he united the UAOC in Ukraine with the UAOC in the USA and the
Diaspora that had the lineage from Polish Orthodox Church. Since that time the
hierarchs and priesthood of the UOC in the USA began to come to Ukraine,

officiate in Ukrainian temples, to take part in ordaining the priests. Patriarch

Mstyslav together with Bishop of Washington Anthony (Shcherba) consecrated
Anthony (Fialka) for bishop of Khmelnytskyi and Panteleimon (Romanovsky) for
bishop of Dnipropetrovsk, but those canonically ordained Bishops passed to
ROC. Since that time the canonical ordination lineage in the Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox Church disappeared.
On the 25th - 26 June 1992, in Kyiv at the residence of Metropolitan Filaret, the
betrayal of the UAO Church on the part of the Metropolitan administrator
Anthony (Masendich) took place. He acted behind the back of Patriarch
Mstyslav and all the clergy supporting the initiative of President Leonid
Kravchuk as for the fake union of UAOC and ROC.
Patriarch of the UAOC Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) did not accept this treason of the
UAOC and appealed to the Ukrainian higher authorities and believers of the
UAOC not to acknowledge this unification and to oppose this betrayal. But the
higher authorities of Ukraine supported the Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko) and
illegally handed down all the church property of the UAOC under Filaret
Denysenko.
On 11 June 1993 Patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine Mstyslav died. Before death,
Patriarch considering himself and the UAOC betrayed declared his will that the
UAOC couldn't have any relation to the former metropolitan of the ROC Filaret
Denysenko who was defrocked by his mother Church ROC.
In 1995, in two years after death of Patriarch Mstyslav, hierarchs of UAOC in the
USA passed under the omophorion of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, to
the fold of Mother-Church, breaking off the canonical branch that gave hope for
the return to Ukraine of the apostolic episcopal lineage and revival of UAOC.
In October 2002, in the USA was held the Council of the hierarchs of UAOCSobornopravna of North and South America the branch from Polish Orthodox
Church that was headed by Metropolitan Hryhoriy (Ohiychuk) and after his
death in 1985, by Metropolitan Andrew (Prazsky) (19851990), then by
Metropolitan Alexis (Nizza) (19901999), then by Metropolitan Stephan(BabiyPetrovich) (19992004). the Council of the hierarchs of UAOC-Sobornopravna,
having considered the current situation of UAOC in Ukraine, decree:

return the ancient patriarchal model to the church system of UAOCSobornopravna;

resume the presence on the Ukrainian land by the establishment of
Archdiocese of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine;
elevate Archimandrite Moses (Koulik) into the dignity of Bishop and
assign in the rank of Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine to Ukraine
for the establishment of Archdiocese of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine.

On 10 October 2002, the consecration and elevation to the rank of Metropolitan

of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine of Bishop Moses (Koulik) took place in the Boris and
Gleb Cathedral of city Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Metropolitan Moses is assigned to
Ukraine for the re-establishment of Kyivan Metropolitanate and the revival of
UAOC-Sobornopravna in Ukraine with the right to complete administrative
management and spiritual care.
On 1 November 2002, was held the press-conference of Metropolitan Stephan
(Babiy-Petrovich), the Primate of UAOC-Sobornopravna of North and South
America, dedicated to the historical Council of UAOC-Sobornopravna hierarchs
and its decision as for return of Church from Diaspora to the territory of
Ukraine.
Starting in 2002 and till nowadays, Vladyka Moses fulfils the mission of revival
of UAOC-Sobornoprana canonical lineage in Ukraine, charged to him by the
decision of Diaspora hierarchs.
In 20042005 In UAOC-Sobornopravna in the USA took place the events that
changed cardinally the status of UAOC-Sobornopravna in Ukraine. UAOCSobornopravna of North and South America became UAOC of North and South
America and Diaspora and, headed by metropolitan Michael (YavchakChampion) joined with UAOC in Ukraine, declaring Metropolitan Mefodiy
(Kudriakov) to be their Primate.
Due to such union, instead of return of UAOC from Diaspora to Ukraine
happened the development of UAOC from Ukraine to Diaspora, thereby one
more canonical branch of Ukrainian Church was abolished. UAOCSobornopravna in Ukraine, headed by Metropolitan Moses, kept apart from this
union and acquired the status of the independent jurisdiction. Metropolitan
Moses realized the active educational work, converting into Christianity a great
number of atheists in the post-totalitarian Ukraine and calling upon the
unification of the scattered all over the world shatters of UOC because of the
historical reasons.
On 17-18 June 2005, on the Feast of the Holy Trinity, in Kyiv, the Hierarchs
Council of UAOC-Sobornopravna under the omophorion of Moses, Metropolitan
of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine took place, where the name of the Church was
asserted as UAOC-Canonical by the decision of the Holy Synod and by the
decision of the Ecumenical Hierarchs Council.
UAOC-Canonical is the canonical successor of the Kyivan Rus Metropolitanate of
the millenary Christening of Rus-Ukraine and has the very direct relation to the
Tomos of autocephaly of 1924 granted by the Ecumenical Patriarch Gregorios
VII on the canonical basis of the historical inhering to the Kyivan Rus
Metropolitanate.

The mission of the Tomos of 1924 action renewal for UAOC in Ukraine by the
decision of the Holy Synod of UAOC in Diaspora is entrusted to the canonicallyordained Moses (Koulik), Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine.
On 17-18 June 2005, by the decision of the Holy Synod and by the decision of
the Ecumenical Bishop's Council of UAOC-canonical, under the action of the
Holy Spirit and by the will of Heavenly Father, Metropolitan Moses was elected
and enthroned into the dignity of Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine. 12
Hierarchs, the clergy and the hundreds of the faithful from all over the world
took part in the Holy Council.
The enthronement took place on the Feast of the Holy Trinity in the orthodox
sanctuary of the people of Ukraine, in the principal Temple of Ukraine: the Saint
Sophias Cathedral in Kyiv.