Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (sobornopravna) in Ukraina - 2002
i.e. UAOC(s)-2002. The bearded deacon in the green vestments in the Enthronization Liturgy
video of Patriarch MSTYSLAV I of Kyiv and All Rus-‘Ukraina in November of 1990 is Fr.
Deacon Oleg Koulik. Subsequent to the Patriarchal Enthronement he journeyed to the USA
where he was appointed priest of Sv. Mary Protrectress Temple (SBB) in Detroit, MI.
Allegedly, over some of the non-orthodox content of his catechism for the children of the
parish, Fr. Oleg was asked to leave. In 1997 Fr. Oleg acquired the use of a formerly
Belarusian, small Temple in Detroit, MI, USA where he ministered to an Orthodox pan-
national community for a short while. Fr. Oleg returned to Ukraina where he performed as a
Blahovihsnik, i.e. preacher in the factories and other work places. An accomplished and
inspirational speaker Fr. Oleg developed quite a following. In 2002, Fr. Oleg pilgrimaged to
the Archihierarchical Monastery of the Four Evangelists, Houston, Texas, USA. There he
asked of UOC-KP Bishops MAKARIOS and TIMOFI to ordain him to the Episcopate. The
Texas hierarchs declined. The following week Fr. Oleg was the focus of the rite of
ordination of a bishop in Sv. Boris and Hlib Ukrainian Temple in Cleveland OH, USA.
Presiding at the service was The Rt. Rev. Fr. Archimandrit (mitered priest holding a rank
somewhat equivalent to that of a western Abbott.) Stephan (Petrovich) who was serving as if
he were a bishop. Subsequently in Ukraina there was an event where the ordained was
announced as Moises, Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus’-Ukraina on 17-18 June 2005. In the
ensuing years he has created a jurisdiction which is represented to cover Ukraina, some
Eastern European States and several places in the Americas, perhaps having franchised as
many as 35 bishops.
Patriarch of Kyiv and
All of Rus’-Ukrainia
(autogenic and independent)