In Krylos (ancient Halych) for the first time in hundreds of years a bishop will be ordained

The last time a bishop was ordained in Halych was during the reign of King Danylo (thirteenth century).

Bishop Josaphat Moshchych will be ordained by the Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, and two bishops: Bishop Igor (Voznyak), Archbishop and Metropolitan of Lviv, and Bishop Volodymyr (Viytyshyn), Archbishop and Metropolitan of Ivano-Frankivsk.

The ordination will be held during a pilgrimage to ancient Halych.

The city is located at the site of present-day Krylos, dating back to the turn of the ninth century. An important trade and cultural center of medieval Rus’, it reached the height of its power in the second half of the twelfth century. The suburbs or lower town, the location of the city's river port, is now the site of modern Halych; monasteries, churches, and small fortified settlements were also located on the city's outskirts. From 1144 it was the capital of Yaroslav Osmomysl's Halych principality, and from 1199 the capital of Roman Mstyslavych's Principality of Galicia-Volhynia. In 1238 Danylo Romanovych established his residence at Halych. Three years later the city was razed by the Mongols. In the late sixteenth century a new Dormition Church was built on this location by a local nobleman Marko Shumliansky.