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Memorial to Holy Great Prince Volodymyr of Kyiv to be unveiled in Rome

07.10.2015, 09:44
The monument to the Holy Great Prince Volodymyr of Kyivto be unveiled in Rome at St Sophia cathedral, reports UNN citingthe press center of St Sophia company.

The monument to the Holy Great Prince Volodymyr of Kyivto be unveiled in Rome at St Sophia cathedral, reports UNN citingthe press center of St Sophia company.

On October 11, in the territory of St Sophia in Rome, the monument to the Holy Great Prince Volodymyr of Kyiv, Baptizer of Rus-Ukraine is to be unveiled. The rite of inauguration of the memorial will be held on the occasion of the millennium of the repose of the great Kyivan Prince will be performed by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the UGCC Primate.

It should be noted that the author of the monument to the Holy Great Prince Volodymyr is Leonid Molodozhanyn, world famous sculptor of Ukrainian origin. The monument was constructed on the occasion of the millennium of the Baptism of Rus-Ukraine as a gift to the Holy Father John Paul II. Its installation on the Ukrainian plot of land in the Eternal City near St. Sophia Cathedral will mark the 1000thanniversary of repose of St Volodymyr.

As we have previously reported, in late July Kyiv hosted the celebrations dedicatedto the Baptism of Kyivan Rus-Ukraine and the 1000th anniversary of the repose of the Holy Great Prince Volodymyr of Kyiv.