The updated calendar of events dedicated to the Year of the Faith beginning from October 11, 2012, published by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization includes some events to be held as part of the All-Ukrainian Pilgrimage to Rome.
The updated calendar of events dedicated to the Year of the Faith beginning from October 11, 2012, published by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization includes some events to be held as part of the All-Ukrainian Pilgrimage to Rome organized by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) on the 120th anniversary of the of Blessed Patriarch Josyf Slipyj and consecration of the renewed cathedral of the Holy Sophia in Rome.
At the website www.annusfidei.va, in the section dealing with the chronology of the events planned, one can read about a celebratory Vespers and consecration of the restored church to be held on October 13, 2012, as well as a celebratory liturgy in the Cathedral of the Holy Sophia to be celebrated on the next morning and a concert of Ukrainian sacral music in honor of Pope Benedict XVI and the fathers of the Synod on the new evangelization.
The Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Italy and Spain, Bishop Dionisii Lyakhovych, addressed the hierarchy, clergy, monastics and laity of the UGCC with an invitation to come to Rome to represent the Church, “pray together with the Head and Father of UGCC, Patriarch Sviatoslav, greet the Universal Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI and support in prayer Ukrainian migrant workers in Italy.”
The address includes information that a special website, http://santa-sofia.org, was developed for the organization of the pilgrimage containing detailed information about it and a registration form. After making a nominal payment, each registered participant will receive a pilgrim bag containing a prayer book, a handkerchief with the pilgrimage logo, a program and ticket to a concert of the leading Ukrainian choirs to be held in the Hall of Pope Paul VI in the Vatican as well as a coupon entitling the holder to a ration of food for lunch on October 14, Radio Vatican reported.