In a move sharply criticized by the Russian Orthodox Church, the 5.5-million-member Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church relocated its headquarters from the western city of Lviv to the nation's capital, Kiev.(Brief Article)

From: The Christian Century | Date: September 20, 2005 | Copyright information

In a move sharply criticized by the Russian Orthodox Church, the 5.5-million-member Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church relocated its headquarters from the western city of Lviv to the nation's capital, Kiev. The Russian Orthodox Church has long decried what it says are attempts by the Roman Catholic Church to poach converts among Orthodox followers, and it sees this as another encroachment. "The seat of the archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ... will from August 21 be in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital," ...

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