Metropolitan Ireney consecrates lower church in Orlivshchyna village

Consecration of the lower church in the village of Orlivshchyna. Photo: Dnipropetrovsk Eparchy

Metropolitan Ireney of Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad performed the rite of the Great Consecration of the lower church of the holy righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna of the Intercession Church in the village of Orlivshchyna, Samarivskyi district, Dnipropetrovsk region, on October 31, 2026. This was reported by the press service of the Dnipropetrovsk Eparchy.

After the consecration, the Metropolitan led the Divine Liturgy. He was concelebrated by the church's rector, Archpriest Nikolai Dmitriev, and clergy of the diocese.

At the Little Entrance, Metropolitan Ireney, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry, presented church awards to the clergy of the eparchy. During the Liturgy, prayers were offered for peace in Ukraine, deliverance from the enemy, and those who have lost their homes. The faithful also asked God's blessing for those who help people in need.

The hierarch also presented awards of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to benefactors and laborers of the church community for their contribution to the life of the church and their charitable work. At the conclusion of his visit, Metropolitan Ireney congratulated the faithful on the feast and blessed all those present.

Vladyka Ireney consecrated the upper Intercession Church 28 years ago, on October 31, 1998.

As the UOJ reported, Metropolitan Ireney consecrated the Refectory Church of the Tikhvin Monastery in Dnipro.

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