On January 18, 2018, on the Eve of the Theophany (Eve of Baptism) Archbishop Alexander in concelebration with Bishop Vasyliy and Bishop Nicholas ministered the festive prayer service and accomplished the first Great Rite of Water Consecration in the Transfiguration of the Lord Temple.
In the morning of January 7, 2018, in the Temple of Transfiguration of the Lord, Archbishop Alexander in concelebration with Bishop Vasyliy and Bishop Nicholas celebrated the solemn Divine Liturgy in honor of the Nativity of the Lord.
On Christmas Eve, January 6, 2018, in the Transfiguration of the Lord Temple, Bishop Vasyliy in concelebration with Bishop Nicholas made the solemn thanksgiving service, during which five loaves, wine, oil, wheat, kutia (sweet grain pudding, Ukrainian traditional Christmas dish), fish and other gifts of God were blessed to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ...
Jesus is coming!
Let’s glorify Him!
Dear brothers and sisters, I congratulate you with the light and majestic feast of Christmas!
During these days people’s souls are happy in a very special way, because the great flow of God’s grace is coming on the Earth. The Great renewal of the earthly and human nature is coming.
Right now, like two thousand years ago Jesus Christ has been mystically born and He carried the salvation to the people through the improvement of human souls!...
Kids and adults are met St. Nicholas songs and poems. And Saint Nicholas was glad of such a meeting, welcomed and bestowed gifts to children of God with the beginning of New Year holidays and the approach of Christmas....