Visitation of Shroud of Mother of God Begins in Kyiv

On 19 September, the Burial Shroud of the Mother of God from Gethsemane arrived in Ukraine.                                                                                          

With the blessing of Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, it was brought by the official Church delegation led by Archbishop Oleksandr (Drabynko) of Pereisalav-Khmelnytskyi and Vyshneve.  

In Kyiv, the shrine was met by Metropolitan Volodymyr, Metropolitan Antony of the Central America (Antioch Patriarchate) and the bishops of UOC-MP, monks and laymen.

The Primate of UOC-MP led a prayer service in front of the shrine at Soborna Square a nd addressed the audience.