Metropolitan Vladimir died Vladimir

The Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Vladimir, died, the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate reports. The Metropolitan was 79 years old, he had serious health problems .

“On July on July 2014, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church went to the Lord the Beatitude Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Vladimir,” the Moscow Patriarchate’s message quoted RIA Novosti .

Believers can say goodbye to Metropolitan Vladimir in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The press service of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that he had already visited the tomb of the Metropolitan. “He was a man who created our church, a man who was distinguished by modesty, wisdom, charity, very strong faith. This is exactly what Ukraine really needs in these difficult times,” Voroshenko quotes Interfax quoted.

The death of the metropolitan can be of great importance for Russian relations with the Church, split into two patriarchies - recognized Moscow (UOC -MP) and unrecognized Kiev. There are signs of complex friction inside the Moscow Patriarchate. Now the church is preparing to celebrate the memory of Prince Vladimir, the Baptist of Rus', July 28. In the UOC, MP was originally announced by a provocation of a message about the arrival of Russian Patriarch Kirill to the celebrations in Kiev, and a day later they confirmed that the visit was really preparing, and believers are waiting for it . A day earlier, MPs feared that the visit could be used to elect the new head of the Ukrainian church for dictation of Moscow.

As UNIAN recalls, the surroundings of the Lord considered the figure of Metropolitan Vladimir uniting for Ukraine. “We always said that the longer he will live, the better it would be for Ukraine,” said Eustratius Zorya, press secretary of the UOC-CP, said.

The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate on October 30, 2011 was hospitalized in serious condition due to breathing problems, there were suspicions of pneumonia. Prior to this, Vladyka was operated on after a fracture of the neck of the thigh. The operation was successful. On December of December 2011, the 76-year-old metropolitan was transferred from resuscitation to the rehabilitation Chamber. In May 2012, after a long illness, he returned to the fulfillment of the duties of the Primate of the Church.

Later, the head of the UOC MP installed a pacemaker. At the end of June, Metropolitan Vladimir opened internal bleeding. It was reported that his condition is stably difficult, and a week later it worsened.

The Synod in February elected the locomotive of the Kyiv Metropolitan Department. It became Metropolitan Onufry (Chernivtsi).