Prayer service honors Ukraine's patron saint

KYIV - Representatives of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate during a joint religious service before the monument to the patron saint of Ukraine, St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle. The prayer service took place on January 5, two days before Christmas is celebrated according to the old Julian calendar, to which the various Ukrainian religious confessions still adhere. Seen on the far left is UGCC Bishop Vasylii;, on the far right is UOC-KP Bishop Dymytrii.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 21, 2001, No. 3, Vol. LXIX

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