Filaret Denysenko Hospitalized in Kyiv Amid Health Concerns
Filaret Denysenko, head of the schismatic UOC-KP, has been hospitalized in Kyiv as church figures call for prayers for his recovery.
KYIV — Church leader Filaret Denysenko has been hospitalized after a deterioration in his health, according to a March 9 statement from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), not to be confused with the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).
The Kyiv Patriarchate structure reported that Denysenko was taken to a medical facility in the Ukrainian capital and is currently under medical observation while receiving necessary treatment. Representatives of the group called on their hierarchs, clergy, and faithful to offer prayers for his recovery.
Denysenko initially participated in the 2018–2019 process that created the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) under the auspices of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. However, after Epiphanius Dumenko was selected to lead the new structure, Denysenko revived the Kyiv Patriarchate and continues to lead it.
Previously, the UOJ reported that the UOC-KP dioceses rejected Filaret’s "coerced" OCU meeting and defended independence.
