New UOC congregations appear in Hungary and Germany
Parishioners of the UOC congregation in honour of St. Stephen I in Budapest. Photo: vzcz.church.ua
Two new UOC congregations have started operating in the German city of Dortmund and the Hungarian capital of Budapest. This was reported by the press service of the Department for External Church Relations of the UOC.
According to the DECR UOC, new religious communities began to operate with the blessing of the Primate of the UOC, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry.
It was announced that services in the community in honour of St. Stephen I in Budapest will be held at the address: Budaörs, Naphegy u. 23, Csulits-kápolna. Priest Dimitri Sidorenko (+380632144533 - viber, telegram, whatsapp; +36703082289) has been appointed head of the congregation.
In Dortmund, services will be held in the Dormition community at Limburger Postweg 4. Archpriest Andrei Ovdienko (+4915116010509, +380671881455) has been entrusted with the care of the parish.
As reported by the UOJ, the UOC Chancellor told how many parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church operate abroad.
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