OCU and Greek-Catholics bless site for construction of military church
“Metropolitans” Oleksandr Drabynko, Ivan Yaremenko, and Greek-Catholic military chaplains. Photo: UGCC
At the Omega Special Forces Center, “hierarchs” of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and clergy of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC) together blessed the site for the future construction of a church dedicated to the Ascension of the Lord, according to the UGCC Military Chaplaincy Department.
Participating on behalf of the OCU were “Metropolitans” Oleksandr Drabynko and Ivan Yaremenko, along with Greek-Catholic military chaplains and Major General Pavlo Yatsiuk, commander of the Omega Special Forces Center.
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