The fourth day of Patriarch Kirill’s visit began with the Divine Liturgy at Svyatogorsk Lavra
On July 30, the commemoration of the Svyatogorsk Icon of the Mother of God, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church arrived to the Holy Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra, where he was met with bread and salt and the flowers by [...]
Already in the midday the people started gathering at the Cathedral of Transfiguration of Our Savior. Even occasional passers-by understood – the people who gathered at the Cathedral were in festive mood. They came with the balloons, flowers, posters: “Kirill is our Patriarch!”, “Welcome to Donbass, Your Holiness!” Among them there were many [...]
In completion of his visit to Kyiv His Holiness Patriarch Kirill called to the Holy Protection Convent
On July 29, the third day of the pastoral visit to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill called to the Holy Protection Convent in Kyiv. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was accompanied by Deputy Administrator [...]
On the premises of the Refectory Church (of Sts. Anthony and Theodosius) of the Kyiv –Pechersk Lavra the meeting with the bishops, clergy and monastics, teachers and students of the Kyiv Theological Schools.
Attending the meeting was the whole of episcopate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church, who were on [...]
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