Pilgrims of Volyn Eparchy meet with Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos
Pilgrims of the Volyn Eparchy met with Patriarch Theophilos. Photo: Archpriest Valentyn Marchuk's Facebook
Pilgrims of the Volyn Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church met with Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and All Palestine in the Holy Land.
The meeting with the Primate of the Jerusalem Patriarchate became the main event at the beginning of the pilgrimage journey of the Volyn faithful. The believers received the patriarchal blessing, offered personal congratulations, took a group photograph, and received commemorative gifts.
The pilgrims presented Patriarch Theophilos III with a facsimile edition of the Lutsk Gospel. The faithful also handed to the Patriarch of Jerusalem a sacred icon of the Mother of God and the saints from St. Nicholas's Church in Lutsk, which serves as a spiritual symbol of the community.
The pilgrims expressed deep gratitude to God for the opportunity to make a prayerful journey through the places of ancient Christian tradition and to receive the patriarchal blessing.
As the UOJ reported, UOC believers made a pilgrimage to the shrines of Georgia.
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