KYIV. Primates of Orthodox Churches of Finland and Ukraine Сelebrated Divine Liturgy in Refectory Church of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
On Sunday, May 10, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr together with the Primate of the Autonomous Orthodox Church of Finland Archbishop Leo of Karelia
and All Finland celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
Concelebrating
with the Archpastor were Deputy Abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Archbishop Pavel of Vyshgorod, Administrator
of the UOC Archbishop Metrophanes of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav, Rector of the
Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary Archbishop Anthony of Boryspil, Vicar of
the Diocese of Karelia Bishop Arseny of Yoensuu, Bishop Iriney of Nizhyn and
Pryluky, Bishop Ilary of Makariv and brethren clergy of the monastery.
At the end of worship His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr thanked Archbishop
Leo for his visit to Ukraine
and his prayers and wished him good luck and God's assistance in his
Archpastoral service. As a keepsake for his pilgrimage trip to Ukraine
Metropolitan Volodymyr presented Vladyka Leo with an icon of the Venerable Job
of Pochayiv with a particle of the saint's relics, whose 350th
anniversary of invention we celebrate this year.
In his
answer the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Finland thanked Vladyka Volodymyr
for the possibility to visit Ukraine
and its holy sites, stressing the importance of the event, since this visit is
the first official visit of Archbishop Leo as primate of the Orthodox Church of
Finland. Also His Eminence Leo offered His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr a
copy of the Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God of Konev, which stays in
the New-Valaam Monastery in the Finnish town Heinavesi.
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