Primate of UOC reads Penitential Canon at Feofania

The Primate of the UOC reads the penitential canon at Feofania. Photo: UOC

His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, presided on February 26, 2026 over Great Compline with the reading of the final part of the Great Penitential Canon by St. Andrew of Crete at the St. Panteleimon Women’s Monastery in Feofania, the UOC press service reported.

The service took place in the monastery church dedicated to St. Bonifatius of Feofania.

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Praying together with the Primate were the abbess of the monastery, Mother Superior Elisaveta (Andreeva), the sisterhood, and many parishioners.

Earlier, the UOJ reported that His Beatitude had read the third part of the Great Canon at the Florus Monastery.

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