Over the weekend Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) made a pastoral visit to the westernmost diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Transcarpathia, part of the homeland of the Ruthenian (or Carpatho-Rusyn) people in the Carpathian Mountains.
Over the weekend Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) made a pastoral visit to the westernmost diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Transcarpathia, part of the homeland of the Ruthenian (or Carpatho-Rusyn) people in the Carpathian Mountains.
During his visit he met with Archbishops Theodore of Mukachevo and Uzhhorod and Mark of Khust and Vynohradiv, both of whom serve in the region. He also celebrated the divine services in Svalyava's Monastery of the Holy Trinity and Sts. Cyril and Methodius.