On April 16, 2021, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, and Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh, the new Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in Germany and Scandinavia, met with Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising.
At the meeting, the Head of the UGCC introduced the newly appointed exarch to the German cardinal. Cardinal Marx wished Bishop Bohdan a generous blessing from God in his new ministry in Germany and Scandinavia.
Then the participants of the meeting discussed a number of important issues related to the history and current state of the exarchate, as well as prospects for its further development.
Bishop Bohdan thanked Cardinal Marx for the congratulations he received on the occasion of his appointment as exarch, and also shared his views on the further development of the exarchate.
At the end of the meeting, the Head of the UGCC, on behalf of the entire Ukrainian episcopate, thanked Cardinal Marx and the entire German Episcopal Conference for their long and generous support in reviving and developing the Church in Ukraine and asked the Archbishop of Munich and Freising to pray for peace in Ukraine.
We remind you that on Sunday, April 18, 2021, the enthronement of the new Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh, will take place in Munich. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC, has already arrived in Germany for enthronement. The livestream on "Zhyve TV" will begin at 11:00 Kyiv time.