For the third year in a row the Jordan water-blessing will take place on the Dnipro

Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 09:11
On January 18, 2009, the Sunday before the Theophany, His Beatitude Lubomyr, Major Archbishop of Kyiv and Halych, at 9.00 in the Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God, which is built on the territory of the future Patriarchal Center of the UGCC in Kyiv, will celebrate a pontifical Divine Liturgy. After this the Head of UGCC will lead a Great Jordan Water-blessing, which, according to the Byzantine rite, is celebrated twice a year: on the Eve of the Theophany and on the day of the Feast of the Theophany.
On January 18, 2009, the Sunday before the Theophany, His Beatitude Lubomyr, Major Archbishop of Kyiv and Halych, at 9.00 in the Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God, which is built on the territory of the future Patriarchal Center of the UGCC in Kyiv, will celebrate a pontifical Divine Liturgy. After this the Head of UGCC will lead a Great Jordan Water-blessing, which, according to the Byzantine rite, is celebrated twice a year: on the Eve of the Theophany and on the day of the Feast of the Theophany. On January 19, the Theophany of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, at 9.00 in the same church Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh), auxiliary Bishop of the Kyivan Archeparchy, will celebrate a pontifical Divine Liturgy. After the Liturgy, for the third year in a row, participants of the joint prayer will process to a specially prepared place on the shore of the Dnipro River, where a Great Jordan Water-blessing will take place. After the blessing Bishop Bohdan will bless all the participants with holy water.

Information Department of the UGCC

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