Ukrainian Greek Catholics Celebrate Anniversary of Baptism of Rus
On 31 July, at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv, a hierarchical liturgy was celebrated on occasion of the 1023rd anniversary of baptism of Rus-Ukraine.
The hierarchical liturgy was led by the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk in concelebration with Bishop Yosyf (Milian) and priests providing pastoral care for Ukrainians in Russia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal…
“On this Sunday, we would like to celebrate the Baptism of Rus-Ukraine. We wish to experience again the event when our Prince Volodymyr Equal to the Apostles sought the true God. On the eve of his baptism he became blind but at the moment of baptism, he saw the true light, the Christ. After that, he enlightened our whole nation with that light of Christ’s Gospel. We continue to glorify the great prince even today as we were able to see the action of God in te history of our nation through him.”
In the end of the celebratory events, the patriarch consecrated the water in the river Dnieper and sprinkled it on the faithful. So reported the Information Department of UGCC
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