ECUMENICAL WEEK

As part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, on January 24, 2010, in the St. Basil the Great Church (UGCC) the representatives of the main denominations of Ukraine jointly prayed for the unity of Christians. That evening together with His Beatitude in the joint prayer took part the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine Archbishop Ivan Yurkovich, clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyivan-Patriarchate and Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, clergy of Ukrainian Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches, protestant pastors of the Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith of Ukraine (Pentecostals), and the Kyivan Jewish Messiah society. The prayer was led by Bishop Joseph (Milyan), auxiliary bishop of the Kyivan Archeparchy of the UGCC.

LVIV. As part of the International Prayer Week of January 18-25, 2010, in the chapel of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, an interdenominational prayer was held on January 21. The prayer was attended by representatives of various churches and Christian communities of Lviv, including the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith. The event was organized by the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of UCU in partnership with Commission of UGGC for Promoting Christian Unity.