The church is one of the two major rival Ukrainian Orthodox churches (the other being the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate) and is the only one whose canonical status is recognized by all other major Orthodox Churches worldwide.
The church is one of the two major rival Ukrainian Orthodox churches (the other being the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate). While the Kiev Patriarchate is the larger of the two churches, the UOC (MP) is the only one whose canonical status is recognized by all other major Orthodox Churches worldwide.