Composition of the Summer Session of the Russian Orthodox Church
(July 27, 2009, Kyiv)
1. Metropolitan Vladimir of Kyiv and All Ukraine
2. Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga
3. Metropolitan Philaret of Slutsk and Minsk, Patriarchal Exarch of all Belarus
4. Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna
5. Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and All Moldova
6. Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for external Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
7. Metropolitan Isidor of Kuban and Ekaterinodar
8. Metropolitan Alexy of Tula and Belevsk
9. Metropolitan Hilarion of Donetsk and Mariupol
10. Archbishop Theophanes of Berlin and Gernamy
11. Archbishop Benjamin of Vladivostok and Prymorsk
12. Archbishop Varsonofy of Saransk and Mordova, Deputy Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate
Address of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to Ukraine
Address of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine
Your Eminences, Your Graces, God-loving monkhood, Reverend fathers, dear brothers and sisters, all faithful children of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church!
On July, 27 - August, 5, the newly-elected Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill comes with archpastoral visit within the boundaries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and at the invitation of the Holy Synod. In the course of his visit to Ukraine His Holiness will call to the prominent holy sites of our land: the Kyiv-Pechersk, Pochayiv and Svyatogorsk Lavras, the place of baptism of the Holy and Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir - Chersonese, and other monasteries and temples of our Church, and will take part in the festive events dedicated to the 450th anniversary of bringing of the Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God of Pochayiv to Volyn and the 350th anniversary of invention of the incorruptible relics of the Venerable Job of Pochayiv.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill arrives to the baptismal font of Rus - the city of Kyiv, from where comes not only the Russian land, as Venerable Nestor the Chronicler testifies, but also to the place where the Russian Orthodox Church takes her spiritual roots. It is here that after St. Vladimir's baptism the Kyivan Metropolis was established, which up to now performs its salutary ministry in the lands of Ukraine.
The visit of Patriarch Kirill is a joyful event, giving us an opportunity of prayerful and Eucharistic communion with His Holiness around the Chalice of Christ. We hope that the Patriarch's visit will give inspiration to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with her Primate, His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine at the head, to fulfil the salutary mission among the people of Ukraine, to work for the strengthening of the Church unity and overcoming schisms and divisions in the Ukrainian Orthodoxy.
We call everyone to raise your prayers to the All-merciful God that the passions about the visit excited by the unfriendly forces smoothed down. Let's meet His Holiness as the Archpastor, who announces peace (Isaiah 52. 7).
July 9, 2009,
Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Commission for Preparation of the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine
The Commission for Preparation of the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine was established by the resolution of the Holy synod of the UOC of April 14, 2009 (Journal of the Session №115).
1) Archbishop Mytrofan of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav, Administrator of the UOC – Chair of the Commission;
2) Metropolitan Hilarion of Donetsk and Mariupol;
3) Metropolitan Lazarus of Simferopol and Crimea;
4) Archbishop Pavel of Vyshgorod, Vicar of the Kyiv Metropolis, Deputy Abbot of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra;
5) Archbishop Vladimir of Pochayiv, Vicar of the Kyiv Metropolis, Deputy Abbot of the Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra;
6) Bishop Alexander of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Vicar of the Kyiv Metropolis, Secretary for the Primate of the UOC;
7) Archpriest Vitaly Kosovskyi, Secretary of the Kyiv Metropolis;
8) Archimandrite Kirill(Hovorun), Chair of the Department for External Church Relations of the UOC;
9) Archpriest George Kovalenko, press-secretary for the Primate of the UOC;
10) Hegumeness Stephana (Bandura), Deputy Abbess of the Holy Dormition Stauropegial Convent of Zimne;
11) Hegumeness Seraphima (Shevchyk), Deputy Abbess of the Convent of St. Michael the Archangel, Chair of the Synodal Department “Mission Church and Culture”;
12) Reznikova Elena Nikolaevna;
13) Granovsky Vladimir Nikolaevich;
14) Olishchuk Liudmila Dmitrievna.
