The Primate
of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv
and All Ukraine will present blind Ukrainians with the icons which can be
"seen by touch". This event dedicated to celebration of the 1020th anniversary
of Baptism of Rus is to take place within the framework of the charitable
marathon "Unseen Light of Faith", organised by the Sector of Spiritual and
Educational Projects of the UOC. The icon displays the Holy
Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir
who is also considered the patron of the blind.
In total the UOC plans to manufacture some 40 thousand of tactile icons
- for each blind Ukrainian.
The print of the first 10 000 tactile icons,
their sanctification by His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr and their transfer to the representatives of
the Fellowship of the Blind is to take place on July 15 at 12:00 in the city of
Bucha, Kirova str., 2 zh (Publishing House "ADEF-Ukraine").
The participants of the
event :
Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr
of Kyiv and All Ukraine,
Chairman of Synodal Department of the
UOC "Mission Church and Medicine" Archbishop of Konotop and Glukhiv Luke, Head of the
Sector of Religious Educational Projects of the UOC archimandrite Theodosy
(Snigiriov), Chairman
of Synodal Department of the UOC for Social Assistance to Children archimandrite Philaret (Kucherov), Representatives
of the Ministries of Health Protection and Education of Ukraine, Chief ophthalmologist of Ukraine,
Doctor of Medicine professor Sergiy
Rykov,
Deputy Head
of the central administration of the fellowship of the Blind Olexander
Osadchiy,
Director of the Republican House of Sound Recording and Print of the Fellowship
of the Blind Petro Omelchuk, Chief editor of the joint editorial board of the periodicals of the Fellowship
of the Blind of Ukraine
"Zaklyk" Ivan Taran, Director of
the Central Specialized Library for the blind and weak-sighted after M.Ostrovsky Yuriy
Vyshniakov.
Transfer for the journalists "Kyiv-Pechersk-Lavra - Bucha - Kyiv-Pechersk-Lavra", departure at 9:30.
Call for accrediation- 8 (044) 255-12-49, 8 050 386-09-81
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