A Cross Consecrated in Pavlohrad on the Site of a Future Church
On June 8, the feast of Pentecost, a solemn consecration of a cross was held in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, at the site of a future Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Emeritus Stephan Meniok of the Donetsk Exarchate.
The press service of Donetsk Exarchate shared the news.
The event began with a Divine Liturgy celebrated by Bishop Stephan Meniok, joined by several priests from the Exarchate. The service took place in a Roman Catholic church.
Following the Liturgy, the clergy and faithful proceeded to the designated land plot to consecrate the cross, marking the future site of the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit.
Background
The parish of the Donetsk Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Pavlohrad was established in 2015. From that year until 2022, Fr. Yaroslav Shvachuk regularly visited the faithful.
In 2022, Fr. Taras Salo began ministering to the parish, continuing until he was appointed administrator of the Parish of the Ascension of the Lord in Ternivka, near Pavlohrad.
In August 2024, the Parish of the Descent of the Holy Spirit received legal status and was officially registered.
In November of the same year, two active parishioners, Myroslav and Lyubov Horchuk, appealed to Mayor Anatoliy Vershyna to allocate a plot of land to the parish. After the required documents were submitted and two city council sessions held, the council approved the allocation of land to the Donetsk Exarchate of the UGCC for the newly registered parish in Pavlohrad. It was on this plot that, on June 8, Bishop Emeritus Stephan Meniok consecrated the cross.
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