On the second Sunday of Great Lent and on the day of the celebration of the memory of St. Gregory Palamas and the Council of All the Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, March 16, 2025, Metropolitan Symeon of Vinnytsia and Bar celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Transfiguration Cathedral in Vinnytsia. His Eminence was concelebrated by Archpriest Vitaliy Goloskevych, Archimandrite Sofroniy (Chupryna), Archpriest Dymytriy Pylyn, Protodeacon Vladyslav Demchenko and Protodeacon Serhiy Boyarsky. During the Divine Liturgy, prayer requests were made for the soldiers who are defending Ukraine, for the government and our people.
At the end of the service, a prayer service was held for the venerable fathers of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Metropolitan Symeon addressed the parishioners with a sermon and congratulated them on receiving the Holy Mysteries of Christ.
The early Liturgy was celebrated by Archpriest Vasyl Korovai, Deacon Yuri Glushchuk and Deacon Volodymyr Andrienko.
Press service of the Diocese of Vinnytsia and Bar of the UOC (OCU)
