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[[File:SBU raids chuch.PNG |right|300px|thumb|Zelensky regime [[Ukrainian gestapo|gestapo]] raid on the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra monastery, the preeminent center of Christianity since 1051 A.D.  Other raids were carried out on the Cyril and Methodius Convent in Transcarpathia, and in Rovno, Vinnitsa, and Zhitomir oblasts looking for "Russian spys" and propaganda.<ref>https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/11/25/dreizin-retires/</ref>]]

[[File:SBU raids chuch.PNG |right|300px|thumb|Zelensky regime [[Ukrainian gestapo|gestapo]] raid on the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra monastery, the preeminent center of Christianity since 1051 A.D.  Other raids were carried out on the Cyril and Methodius Convent in Transcarpathia, and in Rovno, Vinnitsa, and Zhitomir oblasts looking for "Russian spys" and propaganda.<ref>https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/11/25/dreizin-retires/</ref>]]

The '''Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate''' ('''UOC''') is the descendant of the metropolis of [[Kievan Rus']] within the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople established in Kiev in the 10th century. Due to invasion of the [[Mongol]]s in the 13th century, the metropolitan seat was moved to [[Moscow]].  It should not be confused with schismatic non-canonical '''Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate''' which is unrecognized by other Orthodox churches.

The '''Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate''' ('''UOC''') is the descendant of the metropolis of [[Kievan Rus']] within the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople established in Kiev in the 10th century. Due to invasion of the [[Mongol]]s in the 13th century, the metropolitan seat was moved to [[Moscow]].  It should not be confused with breakaway non-canonical '''Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate''' which is unrecognized by other Orthodox churches.

The canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has been facing pressure from Ukrainian nationalists since the 1990s. By 2018, this turned into a large scale anti-Moscow Patriarchate campaign by the U.S.-backed [[Maidan regime]]<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-church/ukraines-security-service-raids-home-of-russian-backed-monastery-head-idUSKCN1NZ1I1</ref><ref>https://www.france24.com/en/20181203-ukraine-raids-orthodox-churches-russia-ties-putin-poroshenko-azov-crimea</ref><ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/ukraine-set-establish-church-secure-split-russia-181215075840519.html </ref>  to force a merger with the schismatic 'Orthodox Church of Ukraine of the Kiev Patriarchate', an entity created in 1992 as a competitor of the canonical church. The Kiev Patriarchate is unrecognized in the [[Orthodox]] world.  As of 2023 the Kiev regime attempted to make the 'Orthodox Church of Ukraine of the Kiev Patriarchate' the only church in the country.

The canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has been facing pressure from Ukrainian nationalists since the 1990s. By 2018, this turned into a large scale anti-Moscow Patriarchate campaign by the U.S.-backed [[Maidan regime]]<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-church/ukraines-security-service-raids-home-of-russian-backed-monastery-head-idUSKCN1NZ1I1</ref><ref>https://www.france24.com/en/20181203-ukraine-raids-orthodox-churches-russia-ties-putin-poroshenko-azov-crimea</ref><ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/ukraine-set-establish-church-secure-split-russia-181215075840519.html </ref>  to force a merger with the schismatic 'Orthodox Church of Ukraine of the Kiev Patriarchate', an entity created in 1992 as a competitor of the canonical church. The Kiev Patriarchate is unrecognized in the [[Orthodox]] world.  As of 2023 the Kiev regime attempted to make the 'Orthodox Church of Ukraine of the Kiev Patriarchate' the only church in the country.