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15.01.2008, [17:39] // UOC-MP // RISU.ORG.UA

Kyiv – On January 11 the official web site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church announced the launching of its English-version webpage. It is available on http://orthodox.org.ua/eng.

The main goal of the English version of the official web site is to represent the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and all the variety of the Orthodox life in Ukraine for Western readers, particularly for the English-speaking Ukrainians in Diasporas. From now on everyone interested in the Ukrainian Orthodoxy has an opportunity to learn about the Orthodox life in Ukraine from the primary source.

On the English page the information on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, its dioceses and bishops, monasteries and theological schools will be published. The pastoral words of the Primate of the UOC His Beatitude Volodymyr (Sabodan) and the official documents of the Church can be found on the site as well.

Dioceses and bishops directory of the official web site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will be completed as far as the translation proceeds. Church news is issued daily.

The Editor-in-Chief of the official web site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is His Grace Alexander, Bishop of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Vicar of the Kyiv Metropolis.

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