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Request of Metropolitan Volodymyr for Bringing the Icon of Theotokos of Bethlehem to Kyiv Granted

23.02.2010, 15:17
Request of Metropolitan Volodymyr for Bringing the Icon of Theotokos of Bethlehem to Kyiv Granted - фото 1
Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem Replied to Request of the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Volodymyr for Bringing the Icon of Theotokos of Bethlehem to Kyiv.

KYIV-- According to the web site of UOC-MP, Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem Replied to Request of the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Volodymyr for Bringing the Icon of Theotokos of Bethlehem to Kyiv. RISU's Ukrainian-language web site posted this story on 23 February.Вифлеємська_Богородиця_1.jpg


The official letter by Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem came to the address of Metropolitan Volodymyr, which goes: "...As a sign of appreciation of the good feelings of your heart towards the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Holy Synod adopted a decision on bringing to Kyiv the holy Icon of Theotokos of Bethlehem that will be accompanied by the rector of the Church of St. Jacob's Well Archimandrite Justine.”