COMMUNITY CHRONICLE (05/20/01)

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE

Two cathedrals unite in prayer on Good Friday

PARMA, Ohio - Last May, to commemorate the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ, Parma's Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic cathedrals, with their respective hierarchs, Metropolitan Constantine and Bishop Robert Moskal, celebrated a Vesper service together. This past Good Friday, April 13, the clergy and faithful of the Catholic and Orthodox cathedrals once again united in prayer. On that day, at 3 p.m., the clergy and faithful of St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral participated in the Good Friday Vespers at St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, celebrated by Bishop Moskal and his clergy. At 7 p.m., a few blocks away on the same street, clergy and faithful participated in the Vesper service at St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (photo above). Both Vesper services brought together nine priests, two deacons, over 40 altar boys and approximately 700 faithful.

Floridians participate in Earth Day celebration

OSPREY, Fla. - During an Earth Day celebration on April 22 here at the Oscar Scherer State Park, Dr. Karen Bapst, president of the Ukrainian American Club of Southwest Florida, Northport, Fla., arranged to have exhibits about the Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe be a part of this commemoration. Members of the Ukrainian American Club and the Ukrainian Language Society (seen above) provided many visitors with publications, photographs, postcards and other materials related to Chornobyl's aftermath, as well as information where to mail contributions to help the victims.

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