Patriarch Sviatoslav Arrives in Canada

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Sviatoslav, arrived in Canada to participate in the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC to be held in Winnipeg on September 9-15.

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Sviatoslav, arrived in Canada to participate in the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC to be held in Winnipeg on September 9-15. The Primate is accompanied by Archbishop and Metropolitan Ihor (Vozniak) of Lviv, the Information Department of the UGCC reoprted.           

On August 29, at the airport in Vancouver, the visitors were met by the delegation of the New Westminster Eparchy led by Bishop Ken Nowakowski.

On the following day, Patriarch Sviatoslav and Archbishop Ihor visited the Monastery of Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate in New Westminster.

The head of the UGCC is also to visit the Saskatoon Eparchy prior to the beginning of the Synod.