KYIV. UOC Primate participated in opening of the all-Ukraine information cultural presentation “Ukrainian Historical Culture Reserve – 2010”

On May 18, the International Museum Day, the All-Ukraine cultural-information presentation "Ukrainian Historical-Cultural Reserve-2010" was opened at the National Kyiv Pechersk Historical Cultural Reserve (Kyiv, Ivana Mazepy str., 21) in which all the prominent national reserves take part.  

The action is conducted with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine and will continue May 18 through 21.  

Opening the event, His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr greeted the museum workers on their professional holiday and wished inspiration in their service to the people of Ukraine. 

 Thereafter Mykhailo Kulinyak, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine greeted those present, read out the greeting addresses by the President of Ukraine, Prime-Minister of Ukraine and the head of the Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada) of Ukraine, and delivered distinctions of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and gratitude certificates of the Ukrainian Prime-Minister to museum workers. 

Attending the arrangement also were deputy abbot of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Archbishop Pavel of Vyshhorod, Rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary Archbishop Anthony of Boryspil, Secretary for the UOC Primate Bishop Alexander of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy, chair of the Synodal Department of the UOC "Mission Church and Culture" hegumeness Seraphima Shevchyk. 

Upon completion of the official part the Archpastor got acquainted with presentations by the participants of the festival and looked over the expositions of the exhibition halls of the Kyiv-Pechersk Reserve.