His Beatitude blesses the laity standing at Phanar head’s residence

Metropolitan Onuphry blesses believers at the residence of Patriarch Bartholomew. Photo: UOJ

On August 23, 2021, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry, came to the hundreds of laypeople of the UOC who’d gathered for a prayer standing at the residence of the head of Phanar in Kyiv, the UOJ correspondent reports.

The Primate of the UOC blessed the believers and clergy, who demand a meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew in order to tell him about the real situation in Ukrainian Orthodoxy after the  of the Tomos to the OCU.

The UOJ correspondent reports that hundreds of believers, whom the police did not allow directly to the building where Patriarch Bartholomew is located on Lipskaya Street, stand in the park near the monument to Vatutin. They hold posters with a call to protect Orthodoxy from the "Bartholomew schisms", read akathists and sing prayers.

Earlier, the UOJ wrote that believers are holding a prayer standing at the residence of the head of the Phanar in Kyiv.

Read also

DESS congratulates Ukrainians on Passover

DESS has published an address in which it compared the biblical Exodus with the modern path of the people toward freedom and peace.

Amsterdam: Zelensky attacks UOC because he doesn't tolerate idependent thought

An international human rights defender stated that the Kyiv authorities are pursuing the goal of turning religion into a government department.

In Jerusalem, Jewish believers banned from visiting Western Wall during Passover

Israeli police announced restrictions for Jewish holidays.

OCU: Filaret did not want UOC-KP to exist after his death

The OCU insists that Filaret wanted the Kyiv Patriarchate to cease to exist after his death.

UOC primate blesses vehicles for evacuating the wounded from the front

His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry performed the rite of blessing for nine vehicles purchased with donations from faithful in Ukraine and the Czech Republic.

Lawyer warns of planned seizure of UOC Ascension Church in Kyiv

The head of the religious community of the Holy Ascension Church in Demiivka has been unlawfully replaced, according to a lawyer.