About the beginning of Jesus’ Christ ministry and about the approaching of Kingdom of Heavens

Jesus told: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Maybe we must understand His words the other way that the kingdom of heaven is coming to your soul and will be inside you. Because later Jesus explained that the kingdom of heavens is already in your soul. It is not in Europe or the USA, it is in the soul. And when we build it inside our souls, it will become here, on Earth...

Baptism of our Lord and TheophanyIn the morning of January 19, 2015, in Kyiv, on the bank of the Dnipro river, a solemn prayer service was celebrated by Vasyliy, Bishop of the Transfiguration of the Lord temple dedicated to Baptism of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the great miracle - Theophany...

Навечір’я БогоявленняOn January 18, 2015, on the Eve of the Theophany (Eve of Baptism) Bishop Basil ministered the festive prayer service and accomplished the first Great Rite of Water Consecration in the Transfiguration of the Lord Temple.

The participation in the March of Peace «I am Volnovakha» On January 18, 2015 in Kiev the faithful of the community of the Transfiguration of the Lord Temple took part in the March of Peace “I am Volnovakha”. The action happened at the same time all over Ukraine and in many other countries of the world with the aim to express the solidarity in a grief to lost in terrible tragedy, which happened on January 13 near Volnovakha town...

About John the Baptist and about the way we have to prepare our road for God

A lot of people are looking for happiness. They look for it and think that it is in money, comfort, family life, work or somewhere else. But happiness is to reach God’s Love. Happiness is to be with God. This is happiness and “all other things will be added”, as the Lord said...

Old New YearIn evening of January 13, 2015, in Kyiv, the clergy and the faithful of the Transfiguration of the Lord Temple, according to the old Ukrainian tradition, congratulated Kyiv residents on the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar...

About Herod the king, about God’s plans and about people's lives

I want to pay your attention on the fact: evil can do a lot of bad things, but God will finally improve that all. He improves everything in order the God’s Light could be on the Earth, that it burn and never disappear in human hearts. That human soul could change…