On October 30, a Liturgy was held in the Ternopil Nativity Cathedral. The Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch in Ukraine, Bishop Michael of Koman, prayed together with Archbishop Tikhon of Ternopil and Buchach.
Archpriest Viktor Martynenko and the clergy of the cathedral, co-served with the archpastors at the divine service, reports the Ternopil-Buchach Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
During the service, special prayers were offered for Ukraine's victory over the aggressor, the soldiers who defended their Homeland and the Ukrainian people.
At the end of the Liturgy, Bishop Michael addressed Bishop Tikhon with a congratulatory speech, thanking him for the invitation and presenting an icon of the Savior as a prayer memorial. Archbishop Tikhon thanked the Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch for the joint prayer and warm greetings, and in memory of the visit to Ternopil and the joint service, he presented a prosphora and a picture of the city's oldest church.