Metropolitan Ireney consecrates Refectory Church at Dnipro monastery

Metropolitan Ireney presided over the Great Consecration of a church and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Tikhvin Convent in Dnipro.

Metropolitan Ireney of Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad performed the Rite of Great Consecration of the refectory church dedicated to the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian at the Tikhvin Convent in Dnipro, the Dnipropetrovsk Eparchy reports.

Following the consecration, the metropolitan presided over the Divine Liturgy. Concelebrating with him were Archpriest Mykola Nychyporuk, secretary of the eparchial administration; Archpriest Vasyl Krat, spiritual father of the eparchy; Archimandrite Anatoliy (Chyrchenko), head of the eparchial chancellery; and clergy of the monastery.

Abbess Zosima (Svarchevska), the monastery's sisters, parishioners, and pilgrims attended the service. The liturgical hymns were sung by a festive choir of nuns, faculty members, and students of the Choir Directors and Catechists School, conducted by Maryna Spolitak.

During the Liturgy, prayers were offered for peace in Ukraine, deliverance from the enemy, and the protection of those who have lost hope or been left homeless.

At the conclusion of the service, Metropolitan Ireney thanked Abbess Zosima and the sisters for their dedication and labors in monastic life.

As the UOJ previously reported, Metropolitan Meletiy consecrated a house of worship for the UOC community in Dankivtsi.