UOC hierarch takes part in consecration of Serbian monastery in Germany
A festive service at the restored monastery of the Serbian Church in Germany. Photo: UOC DECR
Bishop Veniamin of Boyarka, who heads the Western European Vicariate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), took part in the solemn consecration of the restored Holy Dormition Monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the German city of Hildesheim, reports the UOC Department for External Church Relations.
The bishop was accompanied by Archpriest Serhiy Yarema, rector of the UOC parish of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius in Dresden.
The festive service was led by Metropolitan Ioannikije of Montenegro and the Littoral, concelebrated by Metropolitan Grigorije of Düsseldorf and All Germany, as well as hierarchs and clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
As the UOJ reported, the Serbian authorities allocated more than €600 thousand for the renovation of an Orthodox monastery.
Read also
OCU clerics and students visit Pochaiv Lavra
Representatives of Dumenko's structure visited the largest Orthodox monastery in Western Ukraine.
Zelensky: Carlson can't accuse Kyiv of persecution, he never visited Ukraine
Zelensky stated that believers in Ukraine are "very free" and invited Carlson to come and see everything for himself.
Greek hierarch pained by schism ordeal for UOC
Metropolitan Nektarios of Kerkyra said the Church of Ukraine is suffering from schisms that divide the people and urged prayers for an end to wars.
UOC and Greek Church hierarchs consecrate Kiev Caves saints church on Corfu
Metropolitan Nektarios and UOC bishops consecrated a side chapel of the Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Caves at the monastery.
Zelensky meets with Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Phanar on October 31.
Metropolitan Ireney consecrates lower church in Orlivshchyna village
Metropolitan Ireney consecrated the lower church of Joachim and Anna in the village of Orlivshchyna in the Dnipropetrovsk region.