UOC launches a platform for live-streaming services from monasteries

The Pochaiv Lavra. Photo: content.author-tour

A section called "UOC Online" has been added to the official website of the Synodal Commission for Monasteries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. This was announced on the Telegram channel of the "Monastic Herald" Department.

The platform aggregates live streams of services and broadcasts from the channels of monasteries, eparchies, churches and various Orthodox resources of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

In the "Online" section, current broadcasts are displayed, along with categories for "Scheduled" and "Not on Air".

Channels hosting live streams include the Kyiv-Pechersk, Pochaiv and Svyatohirsk Lavras, the official press service channel of the UOC, the Bancheny Monastery, the Trinity Monastery of St. Jonas, the Kyiv Theological Academy, the Odessa Eparchy, the Transfiguration Cathedral of Odessa and others.

The Orthodox monks who developed the project are urging their readers to support this and other initiatives of inok.info. It can be done via a link, where suggestions and recommendations can also be submitted.

As reported, His Beatitude Onuphry held an all-night vigil at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The live stream of the service was broadcast on the monastery's channel.

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