Media show how UOC celebrated the Baptism of Rus Feast
The religious procession of the UOC. Photo: Kozak1
Believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church responded to the call of ‘Pershyi Kozatskyy’ and sent photos and video materials, which showed how the feast of the Baptism of Rus was held in different eparchies. Many parishes organised processions, others held festive services.
A video from the village of Kolenkivtsi, Khotyn district.
‘We thank you for your prayerful labour and courage, brothers and sisters, the cross walkers!’ the journalists wrote.
The cross procession in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord (UOC) in Chornomorsk.
Parishioners of the Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the twentieth century of the Ovruch Eparchy of the UOC.
The cross procession of parishioners of the Trinity Cathedral of the UOC in Kyiv.
The Church of the Praise of the Most Holy Theotokos in Pavlohrad of the Dnipropetrovsk Eparchy of the UOC.
The parish of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga of the UOC of Kamin-Kashyrskyy.
The parish of the Intercession Church of the UOC in the village of Horodok, Vinnytsia region.
The cross procession of the parishioners of the Holy Resurrection Cathedral of the UOC in Kovel.
This is how the parishioners of the Church of the Nativity of the Mosy Holy Theotokos of the UOC celebrated the great feast of the Baptism of Rus in the village of Chernohuzy, Bukovyna.
Raiders from the OCU took away the Orthodox Christians' shrine, but the parish continues its life.
As the UOJ reported, on the feast of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Volodymyr and the Day of the Baptism of Rus', July 28, 2024, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine led the solemn service in the Church of St. Agapitus of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
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