KYIV. His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr Blessed a Group of Kyiv Orphans
OnMarch 11, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at his residence at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra received a group of children-orphans from the orphanage "Nadiya" (village Mokrets, Brovary district of the Kyiv region), to whom he gave his archpastoral blessing and addressed with words of
instruction.
"May
God help you that you comprehended the spiritual bases you are being taught,
that you grew healthy, beautiful and useful for all our Ukraine", he said in particular.
At
the end, Metropolitan Volodymyr blessed the children with small icons and
handed them keepsake presents.
This
action is being held in the framework of the spiritual patriotic studies held
for the orphans of the Kyiv orphanage homes by the Synodal Department of the UOC
for Pastoral Care of the Penitentiary System together with the Department of the
Criminal Juvenile Militia.
The
aim of the event - upbringing of children in law-abiding spirit, homage of the
historical heritage and exposure to the orthodox tradition.
In the course of their visit to Lavra the children
also got acquainted with the monastery shrines, following which they were going
to visit one of the military units of the region.
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