According to the Statute, the Metropolitan of Kyiv is elected from three by the Local Council chaired by the vicar by secret ballot.

Ex officio, the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine chairs assemblies (councils) of the Local Church, Bishops, and Holy Synod.

The external signs of the Primate's dignity are a white hood, two Panagias, a purple (crimson) mantle and a nasal cross.

The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has a personal seal and his own form with religious symbols, where his name and title are indicated.

After the solemn enthronement according to the Divine Liturgy, the bishop elected by the Local Council becomes the Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine.

The entire episcopate of the ROC in Ukraine in the yearbook of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is included in the list of bishops of the Orthodox Church of Russia.