Τετάρτη 22 Ιουλίου 2020

PRAYER SERVICES WILL BE HELD IN THE CHURCHES OF THE OCU AS A SIGN OF PRAYERFUL SOLIDARITY WITH THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE



Prayer services will be held in the churches of the OCU as a sign of prayerful solidarity with the Ecumenical Patriarchate
On July 24, 2020, Orthodox communities around the world will gather to pray the Akathist to the Blessed Mother of God. Orthodox believers will unite in prayer for the mercy of God and the intercession of the Holy Theotokos at a time when the Mother Church, the Ecumenical Patriarchate – as well as the whole world – is facing challenges related to the re-transformation of the cathedral of Hagia Sophia of Constantinople into a mosque.
As a sign of prayerful solidarity with the Ecumenical Patriarchate, His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine has blessed all parishes of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine to hold a morning or evening prayer service on ​​July 24, 2020 for the reading of the Akathist to the Blessed Theotokos.
Press Service of Kyiv Metropolitanate of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (OCU)