The Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) led a delegation of UGCC to the Holy Land which is to stay there on 4-10 April. The pilgrimage is organized on occasion of the Year of the Faith. The delegation is to visit Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Capernaum, Nazareth and other places.
“Our main goal is pilgrimage. On occasion of the Year of the Faith and the 1025th anniversary of Baptism of Rus-Ukraine, we decided to organize a prayer trip to the place from which the Gospel of Christ spread out all over the world,” said the primate in a commentary. The delegation also intends to visit the Church of Jerusalem and meet with Ukrainians working there. So reported the Information Department of UGCC. http://risu.org.ua