Head of the UGCC reminded of daily prayer and fasting for Ukraine
the patriarch, head of the UGCC, once again called on the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and all people of good will to pray and fast for Ukraine. He recalled the obligation to pray daily at 21:00 Ukraine and one particular day of the week fast in this intention. Reported pres office of the UGCC. « I noticed that people forget our prayer for Ukraine at the twenty-first hour each evening. Some dioceses have forgotten even day of the week is defined as a day of strict fasting for their country & raquo ;, – said the hierarch. Recall that in bishops call Synod of Bishops of the Kyiv-Galician Major Archbishopric of the UGCCgive clear instructions for the continuation of « this spiritual feat & raquo ;. Hierarchs continue to entrust parishes, monasteries and seminaries around the clock continuous prayer. All the faithful and people of good will are asked every day at 21.00 to unite in a common prayer for Ukraine (Monday – for the successful service to the President, Government and Parliament Councilsand Ukraine; Tuesday – by enemies for the conversion of those who pursued and attacked us; Wednesday – for the Ukrainian army; Thursday – by law enforcement agencies and the police; n ’ Friday – for the wounded, prisoners, refugees and their families; Saturday – commemoration of the departed, including the fallen soldiers and all innocent victims; Sunday – onunity and catholicity of Ukraine). In addition, the Church announced strict fast continuously in this order: Monday – Archeparchy of Kiev, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Odesa and Crimea Exarchate; Tuesday – Lviv Archeparchy, Stryjska diocese; Wednesday – Ivano-Frankivsk Archeparchy, Kolomiya-Chernivtsi Eparchy; Thursday – Archeparchy Ternopil, Buchach Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych Diocese; n ’ Friday – Sokal-Zhovkva eparchy, Lutsk exarchate. At the end of each call to sing the liturgy lord prayer « God great and one & raquo ;.Source: http://artlife.rv.ua/