On Holy Friday, May 3, 2013, in Kyiv, in the Cathedral of Transfiguration of the Lord of Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical, Bishop Oleksandr of Zhytomyr in concelebration with Bishop Vasyliy of Fastiv and Bishop Mykolai of Lviv and Uzhgorod ministered the evening service with the rite of the Procession of the Holy Shroud. The Holy Shroud symbolizes remembrance of the Savior's suffering and death on the cross, His removal from the cross and burial. Christ's infinite love for the people is testified by the fact that even when He was crucified, He prayed for His tormentors, saying, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do".

On the eve of Easter, May 2, 2013, on Holy Thursday, at the Cathedral of Transfiguration of the Lord of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical, Archbishop of Zhytomyr Oleksandr, in concelebration with Bishop of Fastiv Vasyliy and Bishop of Lviv and Uzhgorod Mykolai, celebrated the evening prayer, reading 12 Passion Gospels, which tell about sufferings of Christ.

On Palm Sunday, April 28, 2013, in the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical, the festive Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Oleksandr, Archbishop of Zhytomyr in concelebration with Vasyliy, Bishop of Fastiv in honor of the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on the eve of severe sufferings and crucifixion on the cross two thousand years ago.

On Sunday, April 7, 2013, in Kyiv, in the Transfiguration of the Lord Cathedral of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical Oleksandr, Archbishop of Zhytomyr in concelebration with Vasyliy, Bishop of Fastiv and Mykolai, Bishop of Lviv and Uzhhorod, ministered the Holy Divine Liturgy in the honor of one the biggest Orthodox feasts - the Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady.

On Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross, April 7, 2013, in Kyiv, in the Cathedral of Transfiguration of the Lord of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical, the Holy Cross was carried out for veneration after the Holy Liturgy in honor of the Annunciation of the Holy Lady.

On Forgiveness Sunday, March 17, 2013, in Kyiv Cathedral of Transfiguration of the Lord of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical, Oleksandr, Archbishop of Zhytomyr in concelebration with Vasyliy, Bishop of Fastiv and Mykolai, Bishop of Lviv and Uzhhorod ministered Divine Liturgy at the end of which the clergy and the faithful were asking forgiveness from each other in the sincerity of their hearts.

In the morning of January 19, 2013, in Kyiv, on the bank of the Dnipro river, a solemn prayer service of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical was celebrated by Vasyliy, Bishop of Fastiv in concelebration with Mykolai, Bishop of Lviv and Uzhgorod, Zakarpattia and Prykarpattia regions, dedicated to Baptism of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the great miracle - Theophany