Ukraine's Supreme court upheld a ban on the renaming of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the claim of Ministry of culture. in April a court in Kiev at the time stopped the process of renaming. In the Verkhovna Rada told that the court's decision means the failure of the attempts to rename the UOC " without regard to any constitutional provisions, nor the opinions of the parishioners, nor the position of the Church." at the end of last year in Ukraine came into force a law According to which religious organizations, the steering center which is located in the Russian Federation, are obliged to allocate in the name of their affiliation. Most importantly this concerns the canonical UOC. To change the name and put it in the Charter, the law gives four months. The Orthodox Church stated that it is not going to change the name but the actions of the authorities saw signs of raiding. in March, the UOC written statement to the court at the Ministry of culture and asked to recognize the illegal actions of the office for placement on the official Internet representation and in official media - the newspaper "governmental (government - ed.) courier" the list of religious organizations which ought to be adjusted to its Charter in relation to the renaming and submit them for registration in the prescribed manner. on the "unification Council" in Kiev at the end of last year was created the "new Church" of Ukraine, formed after the merger of 2 non-canonical Church structures. Her head was "Metropolitan" Epiphany Dumenko. The canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church headed by Metropolitan Onufry, did not want to participate in this event. ROC called the canonical meaning of "Cathedral" in Kiev is negligible, and the possibility of recognition of Epiphanius other local churches almost unworkable. <span style="color:darkgray