OnMay 13 the greatest shrine of the Russian Orthodox
Church Abroad - the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God "The Sign" arrived to
Kyiv.
The Icon of the
Theotokos was delivered to the capital of Ukraine
by the delegations of the Russian Church Abroad, led by Archbishop Mark of Berlin and All Germany and that of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church led by
deputy chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the UOC Bishop Alexander of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy.
At the construction
site of Resurrection Cathedral of the UOC the wonderworking Icon was welcomed by
the UOC Primate His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr, the First Hierarch of the
ROCA Metropolitan Hilarion of East America, Archbishop Metrophanes of Bila
Tserkva and Bohuslav, Archbishop Pavel of Vyshhorod, Archbishop Anthony of
Boryspil, Bishops Seraphim of Yahotyn and Bishop Panteleimon of Vasylkiv,
clergymen of the Diocese of Kyiv and God-loving flock.
Then in a sacred
procession from the construction site the shrine was delivered to the square in
front of the wooden Church
of All Saints.
Here at the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos His Beatitude metropolitan
performed a prayer service.
Before the beginning of the Divine service His
Beatitude Volodymyr addressed those present with archpastoral word.
"The Mother of God came today to this holy place, blessed for the construction
of the Cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church dedicated to the Resurrection
of Her beloved Son. We believe that the Mother of God is always with us and today She blesses us, bows Her head unto Her Son, praying for
our salvation. May the mercy of the Holy Virgin, her incessant prayer and
intercession help all of us, may the Lord bless our churches and our holy and
God-preserved Church, and all people living in it through the prayers of His
Mother", he said in particular.
Following the prayer service the icon of the Mother of God was carried to the Church of All Saints, where it was prayerfully
venerated by His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr and concelebrating hierarchs.
The Kursk-Root Icon will remain at the Church
of All Saints from May 13 through 22.
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