Clerics of Uman eparchy of UOC unanimously support His Beatitude Onufriy

Participants of the general meeting of the clergy of Uman eparchy

On December 26, 2018, in the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Uman, all the clergy of Uman eparchy unanimously expressed support for the Primate of the UOC, Metropolitan Onufriy of Kiev and All Ukraine during the general meeting of the clergy, the official website of the eparchy reported.

Deans, heads of eparchial departments, and clergymen of the eparchy discussed the results of the outgoing year, as well as practical issues of pastoral service, and prayed for the clerics of their eparchy who had died this year.

It will be recalled that earlier the priests of Voznesensk, Tulchin and Severodonetsk eparchies expressed their support for the Primate of the Church.

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