Bishop Dionisii Liakhovych Visits Community of Rovigo in Italy

 09.06.2008 13:12   risu.org.ua

As we previously reported, from May 26 to 30, 2008, Bishop Dionisii Liakhovych took part in the 58th Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Italy, at which he was a representative from the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC. On May 31, Bishop Dionisiy, escorted by the pastoral coordinator for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Italy, Fr. Oleksandr Sapunko, visited the Ukrainian community of the village of Rovigo, which is in the north of Italy. Parishioners of the church took part in a Divine Liturgy which Bishop Dionisiy concelebrated with Fr. Oleksandr. In his sermon Bishop Dionisiy passed greetings from the Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Lubomyr, noting the importance and value of general liturgical prayer in the life of a Christian in migration.

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