Совместная молитва за Богом данную нам Родину Украину

Sunday, December 8, 2013, in the Transfiguration of the Lord temple, the clergy and the faithful had common prayer for Ukraine after completion of the Divine Liturgy. They prayed for God's help in preventing armed attacks on people, for spiritual cleansing of people's leaders and their wisdom to peacefully settle the difficult situation in the country, for our Motherland Ukraine, given us by God himself, and for good future for Ukrainian people.

Divine Liturgy in the temple of the Transfiguration

The feast of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was solemnly celebrated in the Transfiguration of the Lord temple in Kyiv. This holiday reminds every Christian that he or she should walk the path of life straightly, courageously overcoming steep rapids, worshiping the God only. Not selfishness and hypocrisy, not cheating, deceit and greed are counselors and companions of a genuine Christian, but love to a neighbor, the awareness of sin and opposition to it, striving for justice and peace and responsibility for your word given to God. This is actually boundless devotion to God – the one, which had Joachim, Ann and Mary...

Joint prayer for God's care of Ukraine

On Sunday, December 1, 2013, in the Cathedral of the Lord’s Transfiguration, the clergy and church community prayed for all those injured in Kyiv's Independence Square on the night of November 30, for the Ukrainian people, for God's care of Ukraine for the welfare of future generations.

On August 19, 2013, in the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical, Nicholas, Bishop of Lviv and Uzhgorod, Prykarpattia and Transcarpathian region ministered the Divine Liturgy in honour of one of 12 main Feasts of Christians of the Eastern rite - the Transfiguration of the Lord. All the present felt the specificity of the prayer in the temple, which was built in honour of the majestic event, in the temple that was built by the faithful  with the sincere love and deep faith in the salvation of people, in the awakening of their Divine nature.

On Sunday, June 23, 2013 all the Christians of the byzantine rite celebrate the Feast of the Holy Trinity. In the Cathedral of Transfiguration of the Lord of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical Bishop Vasyliy of Fastiv ministered a solemn Mass.

On Great Saturday, May 4, 2013, and on Holy Sunday, May 5, 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 a solemn Mass in honor of the greatest and the principal Christian holiday - the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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".