Romanian clergy join patronal feast celebration in Izhivtsi

Clergy of the Romanian Orthodox Church concelebrated a festive service in the Chernivtsi-Bukovyna Eparchy.

On the feast day of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) community in the village of Izhivtsi, Chernivtsi-Bukovyna Eparchy, celebrated its patronal feast with the participation of priests from Romania's Putna Monastery, a UOJ correspondent reports.

The Divine Liturgy was presided over by Archpriest Vasyl Kovalchuk, dean of the Storozhynets district, and concelebrated by the parish rector, Archpriest Konstantyn Kifu; parish priest Fr. Vasyl Kifu; clergy of the Romanian Orthodox Church; and priests of the Chernivtsi-Bukovyna Eparchy.

For the patronal feast, the wonderworking Krasnoilsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos was brought to Izhivtsi from the Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the village of Krasnoilsk, where it is normally kept.

Following the Communion hymn, Protosyncellus Damian, a monk of Putna Monastery, delivered a sermon to the faithful.

At the conclusion of the Liturgy, a festive cross procession was held around the church. Afterward, the parish rector, Archpriest Konstantyn, thanked the clergy and faithful for their united prayers.

As the UOJ previously reported, clergy of the Romanian Orthodox Church also concelebrated at the patronal feast in Verkhni Petrivtsi.