Comments on: The founding members of SCOBA

By: fral

fral — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:02:00 +0000

The only information I have about Archbishop Palladios is written in Ukrainian.It’s in the autobiography of the late Archpriest Vitaly Sahaydakivsky.The book is entitled,”Pravdy ne Vtopyty”,(Truth
Prevails).
Archbishop Palladios was one Ukrainian bishop who stood apart from the majority,which accepted the uncanonical consecration of Metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivsky in 1921.
Archbishop Palladios was advised by the Greek Archdiocese Archbishop Michael to cooperate with Bishop Bohdan(Schpylka) who at that time was the one Ukrainian bishop belonging to Constantieople and hence canonical.
Unfortunatly,according to Fr.Vitaly,Bishop Bohdan’s activities,namely concelebrating with uncanonical Ukrainian bishops,led to Archbishop Palladios forming a seperate Ukrainian jurisdiction,still under Constantineople.Later,another hierarch,Archbishop Ihor,joined Archbishop Palladios.
Both bishops reposed in the 1960s,after that the number of parishes of the “Ukrainian Church in Exile” declined.
I myself would welcome more information about those two bishops and the church they headed,There is a pseudo jurisdiction out there using the name,”Holy Ukrainian Autocephalic Church in Exile”,not to be confused with the original jurisdiction which DID have the blessing of Constantinople.
Archpriest Andrei Alexiev

By: JTeusink

JTeusink — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:36:59 +0000

I would love to, but it is extraordinarily confusing and I’m having trouble finding sources on Archbishop Palladius and his segment of Ukrainian Orthodoxy :-/. Plus I’m working on a survey of the history and theology of the Church of the East, its past ecumenical contacts with the Russian Orthodox Church, and the potential for future dialogue…

By: Matthew Namee

Matthew Namee — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:07:58 +0000

Well, I can’t promise “a clear overview of the various schisms and mergers and new schisms.” The whole realm of intra-Ukrainian relations is uncharted territory for me. But I will try to nail down the details on Archbishop Palladios and his jurisdiction.

Of course, if YOU want to do some research and submit an article, we’d love to consider it!

By: JTeusink

JTeusink — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:42:29 +0000

Sorry, I meant to write “convoluted” – not sure what convulated is supposed to mean .

By: JTeusink

JTeusink — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:42:00 +0000

There is! It’s been a while since I looked at the rather convulated details of the history of Ukrainian Orthodoxy outside the Moscow Patriarchate, but if I’m not mistaken the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches of the USA and Canada were the North America dioceses of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) until their union with Constantinople. The UAOC and at least one of the schisms off of it still maintain dioceses in North America, whilst the Kiev Patriarchate that formed out of the UAOC and the Moscow Patriarchate also has a North American exarchate. I look forward to your article! It’d be nice to see a clear overview of the various schisms and mergers and new schisms…