On July 27, having attended the Far Caves of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presided over the supper with brethren. Upon its completion His Holiness addressed the brethren with a word of admonition.
His Holiness paid particular attention to the tragic date – the eighth anniversary of the flight accident in Lviv which carried away the lives of dozens of people.
“Eight years ago an awful catastrophe took place in Lviv: the plane crashed during the air show, many people died, many became mutilated and invalids. People came to have fun, but their lives were either stopped abruptly, or they experienced incredible disaster. The Church does not forget it. Our remembrance of such events is a prayerful memory of those who tragically passed away from this life.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill called the brethren of Lavra that the Lord received their souls to the Kingdom of Heavens. Then His Holiness announced “memory eternal” to all those who was killed without penance, without prayer and took the stand before God immediately.
A reference.On July 27 2002 during the air show dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the 14th air corps (former 14th Air Fleet of the USSR) in the airfield Sknyliv, situated not far from Lviv, during the stunt-flying a battle-plane Su-27 of the Ukrainian air forces met with an accident. The plane fell on the crowd of people who came to the show. 77 people died (28 children out of them) and 300 people were injured.