70 pilgrims of Cross Procession-2016 arrived in Poltava
Yesterday participants of the All-Ukrainian Cross Procession who go from Donetsk region to Kiev, began to flock in Poltava. It is reported by Poltavshchina.
It was known today that nearly 70 believers arrived in Poltava. Some of them had night accommodation in Saint Makariy Cahedral.
At the moment public order near the Cathedral is maintained by the members of civic groups and the patrol police. According to them there haven’t been any conflicts so far.
Besides, “Poltavshchina” was confirmed the information about the Procession itinerary in Poltava. At 11 a.m. the procession participants left Almaznyi village for Gorbanovka village. There they will have a moleben prayer and will be allowed night accommodation in the nunnery of the Elevation of the Holy Cross.
It will be reminded on the 3rd of July began All-Ukrainian Cross Procession which will cover dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with prayer for Ukraine. The Procession starts from two points – from the East (the Holy Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra) and the West (the Holy Dormition Pochaev Lavra) on July 9. Two streams of our faithful will move towards each other to meet in Kiev on Vladimir Hill on the feast day of St. Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, and Christening of Rus and then to head for the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
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