A meeting of UOC Synod takes place in Feofaniya Monastery
Meeting of the Synod of the UOC. Photo: news.church.ua
On December 20, the final meeting of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in 2022 is being held at the Panteleimon Convent in Feofaniya, the Information and Education Department of the UOC reports.
The meeting, partly held online, is chaired by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine.
During the work of the meeting of the Holy Synod, the bishops will consider current issues in the life of the Church and hear the reports of the Synodal institutions of the UOC.
Recall that the previous meeting of the Synod took place on November 23, 2022.
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