In Feofaniya UOC Primate prays for long-suffering Ukrainian people
On February 27, 2022, on Meatfare Sunday, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Trinity Church at the residence of the Primate in the Panteleimon Convent (Feofaniya), reports news.church.ua.
The Primate of the UOC was concelebrated by Bishop Laurus of Irpin and Bishop Mark of Borodianka.
During the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude offered solemn requests and prayers for an end to the war and for the long-suffering Ukrainian people.
As previously reported, the churches and monasteries of the UOC offer fervent prays for peace in Ukraine.
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