UAOC send aid to Greek Catholic flood victims in Western Ukraine

(RISU) - Zarvanytsia-Kharkiv—On 20-22 August 2008, clergy and laity of the Kharkiv and Poltava Eparchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) organized the third pilgrimage to the indulgenced pilgrimage center of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) in western Ukrainian Zarvanytsia, Ternopil Region. On 21 August, according to a previous agreement with the Ivano-Frankivsk Eparchy of the UGCC, the pilgrims passed to the dean of the Rohatyn Deanery of the UGCC, Fr. Dmytro Bihun, aid gathered for victims of the flood in western Ukraine. The gathered aid will be distributed to residents of the Rohatyn district who suffered the greatest damage.

The pilgrims visited the cathedral of the Ternopil Eparchy of the UGCC, where a UGCC priest told the guests about the ecclesiastical and spiritual life of the Greek Catholics of Ternopil. After Zarvanytsia, the pilgrims visited Buchach, where they became acquainted with the history of the ancient Basilian Monastery of the Holy Cross.

The pilgrimage ended with a requiem at the monument to the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Stepan Bandera.

Source: press service of the Kharkiv and Poltava Eparchy of the UAOC