KYIV. On Thomas Sunday His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr Celebrated Divine Liturgy at Holy Protection Convent of Kyiv
By tradition, on the first days after the Great Feast of the Holy Resurrection of Christ the Primate
of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr visits
the churches and monasteries of the capital.
On
April 26, the Thomas Sunday, His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr called to the
Convent of Holy Protection in Kyiv where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy in
the Church of St. Nicholas the Holy Hierarch and
Wonderworker, in concelebration of the monastery clergy.
At
the Divine service His Beatitude Volodymyr addressed those present with a
sermon, in which he told of the Christ's Resurrection and the significance of
this event for the believers.
"May
the present mercy of Lord - the feeling
of joy of the feast of Christ's Resurrection resurrect us from any sin and
vile, from any sinful dream and send all of us consolation and mercy of the
Holy Spirit, renewing and strengthening us.
May the whole humanity be enlightened by the Resurrection of Christ.
That is what we pray for, bowing with our hearts and rejoicing on these holy
days", - said the Archpastor.
Also in the
course of the Divine Liturgy His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr bestowed on
deacon Vasyl Savka the right of wearing kamelaukion.
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