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Patriarch Kirill given warm welcome in Western Ukraine
CHERNOVTSY (Itar-Tass) - The Patriarch of Moscow
and All Russia Kirill was given a warm welcome in Bukovina, Western
Ukraine, on Saturday. Posters greeting the head of the Russian Orthodox
Church were put up in the streets of Chernovtsy. The path to the main
cathedral was covered with live flowers.
The patriarch thanked the residents of Bukovina for their loyalty and
devotion to the Orthodox faith.
"It's hard to imagine through how many varieties of fortune Bukovina
had to go throughout its history, to how many principalities and empires
it used to belong and how much blood was spilled on this blessed land. But
faith continues its pilgrimage on the paths of human history attracting
new souls and bestowing the force of God's grace," Patriarch Kirill said
at a midnight service in the cathedral.
The patriarch thanked the parishioners for their devotion to the
Orthodox faith, for their love for the God and also the patience, courage
and joy with which they filled Orthodox churches.
Patriarch Kirill noted that Bukovina was a multi-ethnic region. "From
the depth of my heart I would like to wish you, my dear brother and
sisters, inward peace, love for your fellow creatures, close and distant,
an ability to maintain good relations with those who surrounds you because
the true ability of people to preserve their homeland is based on kind
attitude to fellow beings," the patriarch said.
According to statistics, Ukrainians make up about 70 percent of
Bukovina's population. Approximately 20 percent are ethnic Russians and
about five percent are Romanians. There are also Moldavians and
representatives of other nationalities.
Friendly and kind attitude to the Moscow guests could be felt
everywhere in the streets of Chernovtsy. People in the streets willingly
showed the road and wished to personally accompany them to a place they
needed even if they spoke only Ukrainian.
On Sunday, Patriarch Kirill will sanctify a new cathedral in the
Banchensky monastery located 30 kilometres away from Chernovtsy. He will
also open a house for disabled children in that monastery.
and All Russia Kirill was given a warm welcome in Bukovina, Western
Ukraine, on Saturday. Posters greeting the head of the Russian Orthodox
Church were put up in the streets of Chernovtsy. The path to the main
cathedral was covered with live flowers.
The patriarch thanked the residents of Bukovina for their loyalty and
devotion to the Orthodox faith.
"It's hard to imagine through how many varieties of fortune Bukovina
had to go throughout its history, to how many principalities and empires
it used to belong and how much blood was spilled on this blessed land. But
faith continues its pilgrimage on the paths of human history attracting
new souls and bestowing the force of God's grace," Patriarch Kirill said
at a midnight service in the cathedral.
The patriarch thanked the parishioners for their devotion to the
Orthodox faith, for their love for the God and also the patience, courage
and joy with which they filled Orthodox churches.
Patriarch Kirill noted that Bukovina was a multi-ethnic region. "From
the depth of my heart I would like to wish you, my dear brother and
sisters, inward peace, love for your fellow creatures, close and distant,
an ability to maintain good relations with those who surrounds you because
the true ability of people to preserve their homeland is based on kind
attitude to fellow beings," the patriarch said.
According to statistics, Ukrainians make up about 70 percent of
Bukovina's population. Approximately 20 percent are ethnic Russians and
about five percent are Romanians. There are also Moldavians and
representatives of other nationalities.
Friendly and kind attitude to the Moscow guests could be felt
everywhere in the streets of Chernovtsy. People in the streets willingly
showed the road and wished to personally accompany them to a place they
needed even if they spoke only Ukrainian.
On Sunday, Patriarch Kirill will sanctify a new cathedral in the
Banchensky monastery located 30 kilometres away from Chernovtsy. He will
also open a house for disabled children in that monastery.
