His Beatitude leads All-Night Vigil on the eve of Saint's Day in Feofania
His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry. Photo: Khmelnytskyi Eparchy
On June 24, 2025, on the eve of the commemoration day of St. Onuphrius the Great and his name day, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphriy of Kyiv and All Ukraine led the All-Night Vigil at the St. Panteleimon Monastery in Kyiv (Feofania).
During the conciliar service, the Primate was concelebrated by permanent members of the Holy Synod of the UOC, metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the clergy of the monastery, Kyiv, and guests in holy orders.
During the service, monks, clergy from many eparchies, pilgrims, and parishioners of the monastery prayed.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that the Primate of the Polish Church and the head of the ROCOR congratulated His Beatitude on his Name Day.
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