2019: A Tribute to Metropolitan Epiphaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine
On Saturday, October 19, 2019, the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle honored His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine with the Athenagoras Human Rights Award at the New York Hilton Midtown. This tribute video summarizes how Metropolitan Epiphaniy has been a strong advocate for religious freedom and a key defender of the ecclesiastical and canonical prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
The Athenagoras Human Rights Award is presented every year at the Annual Banquet of the Order of Saint Andrew to a person or organization, which has consistently exemplified by action, purpose and dedication, concern for the basic rights and religious freedom of all people.
2018: A Tribute to Father Alex and Presbytera Xanthi Karloutsos
On Saturday, October 27, 2018, the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle honored Father Alexander and Presbytera Xanthi Karloutsos with the Athenagoras Human Rights Award at the New York Hilton Midtown. This tribute video summarizes how Father Alex and Presbytera Xanthi have been a true partnership and team well-known throughout the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Orthodox World. Their advocacy on behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is legendary.
Maidan Benefit Concert LIVE from St Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Church Parma OH
2019 Athenagoras Human Rights Award Banquet
On Saturday, October 19, 2019, the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle honored His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine with the Athenagoras Human Rights Award at the New York Hilton Midtown. Metropolitan Epiphaniy has been a strong advocate for religious freedom and a key defender of the ecclesiastical and canonical prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Ukraine: Sanctification of St. Andrew and Vladimir Church
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Ukraine: Sanctification of St. Andrew and Vladimir Church
The sanctification of St. Andrew and Vladimir Church took place on Wednesday, July 24 on the same day marking the beginning of celebrations across Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine dedicated to the 1025th anniversary of Christianity in Russia.
It was the first time Divine Liturgy was served in the Kiev Cathedral of resurrection, the grand religious complex that is currently under construction. St. Andrew and Vladimir Church is considered to be one of the key elements of the complex -- a lower temple that will be adjacent to the main building. The church is beautifully decorated in early Christian and Byzantine style, however, some painting works still lie ahead.
Ukrainian religious authorities claim the complex is going to be the tallest Orthodox church in Europe, reaching 120 meters, and will be able to hold up to 5,000 visitors at once. The project of it also includes Metropolitan's residency, a gymnasium, conference room, museums, cinema, Sunday school, a hotel for pilgrims and so on. Construction is expected to be terminated in 2020.
Patriarchal Acclamation at the 2019 Athenagoras Human Rights Award Banquet
On Saturday, October 19, 2019, His All-Holiness offered a video message for the 2019 honoree, His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine, during the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle's Athenagoras Human Rights Award banquet held in New York City.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the granting of autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine
Despo A. Lialiou, Professor at the School of Ecclesiastical and Social Theology, of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, takes us through the history of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and its nurturing love for the universal church explaining how the Church of Moscow was granted autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and became an Autocephalous Church and why the Ecumenical Patriarchate has the absolute right to offer a Tomos to the Church of Ukraine.
St Michael's Golden Domed Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine
The original, built by Prince Sviatopolk in 1108, was destroyed by the Soviet regime in the 1930s for having no historical value. The reconstructed cathedral was completed in May 2000. Its sky blue exterior and glittering golden domes add a stunning layer to a cityscape that has become a mix-mash of crumbling ancient and newly reconstructed. A sobering reminder of Stalin's inhumane policies stands to the right as you exit the church grounds. This is a monument to the victims of Holodomor (starvation): A famine orchestrated in part by the Soviet leadership in an attempt to squash the peasantry, as many as 10 million Ukrainians perished from 1932-33. Keeping watch over the square are the reconstructed statues of Princess Olga, Apostle Andrew, St. Cyrill and St. Mephodius.
© Kyiv In Your Pocket, 2011
Bernadine Cathedral and Monastery
The Bernadine Cathedral was originally built of wood in the 15th century, but later it was renovated with ornate stonework making it one of Lviv's most beautiful churches. The cathedral's facade is protected by statues of the sacred order of Bernardine; there are images of Mary, Jesus and apostles Peter and Andrew in the niches and the church is beautifully illuminated every evening. The cathedral is now a Greek-Catholic church of St. Andrew that belongs the Order of St. Basil the Great. Holy services are held on Sundays.
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Андріївські Вечорниці - Saint Andrew Vechornytsi (Evenings).
Of all the major winter holidays, St. Andrew’s Day, celebrated on December 13, is probably one of the most fun and anticipated ones.
In Ukrainian tradition this was a day for young people to gather in one house for the so-called великі вечорниці (velyki vechornytsi) - great gatherings with music, songs, jokes and rituals. The word ‘vechornytsi’ is derived from the Ukrainian ‘вечір’ which stands for ‘evening’.
The holiday itself celebrates St. Andrew the Apostle, who is considered not only the patron of the Ukrainian church, but also the founder of Kyiv. It is mentioned in the Laurentian Chronicle how one day, relaxing by Dnipro river, the Saint looked at the Kyiv hills and told his disciples: You see these mountains? They will have God's grace shine upon them; a great city will arise here, and many churches will be built in God’s name Then the Apostle went to the top of the mountain and put a cross on the very spot where now stands St. Andrew's Church.
Although Andrew is a Christian saint, these folk customs and rituals are more ancient, pre-Christian, connected with the mysterious rituals of love magic, which then evolved into popular divinations, liked by young people everywhere in Ukraine.
Usually vechornytsi were held in the house of the village’s most respected woman who was to supervise the young people. First, before sunset, the girls would gather to cook dinner and, most importantly, bake a ‘Kalyta’ (aka Kaleta or Korol) - a round sweet wheat bread with a hole in the middle or on the side. Each girl was to make her own portion of dough, thinking about her loved one while making it. Then everyone’s pieces would be put together, and adding raisins, dried cherries and nuts the Kalyta was ready for baking. The bread was decorated with poppy seeds and then planted in the oven.
While the Kalyta bread was being baked, the girls would clean the house, cook traditional meals and sing ritual songs.
Typically, St. Adnrew’s dinner included borscht, millet or buckwheat porridge,garlic buns, crepes, varenyky (perogies), uzvar (stewed fruit juice) etc. It was customary to make poppy, prune and cabbage filled buns or perogies, though sometimes the girls would also make one with pepper and another one with walnuts. Whoever got the pepper filled one was supposed to kiss the hostess, and the walnut filled one determined who the ‘king of the night’ was. Sometimes the girls would also use coins for the filling. They would mark those bums not to pick them themselves and wait to see which young man got it.
The Current Situation in Ukraine - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
The current church situation in Ukraine has a long history. Millions of Ukrainian Orthodox Christians were excommunicated from the church. In response, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has today restored them to communion and granted their church autocephaly.
Filaret leads his church along the road to nowhere, – UAOC priest
Administration methods of the UOC-KP chief Patriarch Filaret are “bolshevist, authoritarian”, told senior priest of St. Nickolay Naberezhnyi UAOC church protopriest Stephan (Yaremchuk) to News of Ukraine.
“At present the forcefulness of Filaret in the church ambience of Ukraine arises from his being surrounded by politicians and civil servants. Yet the road along which Filaret leads his church is a bridge to nowhere,” believes the priest.
“UOC KP remains unrecognized, it is allowed to hold worships with neither of the other churches,” underlined the priest. He reported that Patriarch Filaret is also.He explained that Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew does not recognize canonicity of the UOC KP and Patriarch Filaret either, the latter being anathematized at the beginning of the 1990s. “According to ecclesiastic canons, only the Russian Orthodox Church can remove this anathema”, says father Stephan.
2015.12.13. Holy Apostle St. Andrew the First-called. Liturgy (in English)
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28th Sunday after Pentecost
Holy Apostle St. Andrew the First-called
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December 13, 2015
St Michael's Golden Domed Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine
The original, built by Prince Sviatopolk in 1108, was destroyed by the Soviet regime in the 1930s for having no historical value. The reconstructed cathedral was completed in May 2000. Its sky blue exterior and glittering golden domes add a stunning layer to a cityscape that has become a mix-mash of crumbling ancient and newly reconstructed. A sobering reminder of Stalin's inhumane policies stands to the right as you exit the church grounds. This is a monument to the victims of Holodomor (starvation): A famine orchestrated in part by the Soviet leadership in an attempt to squash the peasantry, as many as 10 million Ukrainians perished from 1932-33. Keeping watch over the square are the reconstructed statues of Princess Olga, Apostle Andrew, St. Cyrill and St. Mephodius.
© Kyiv In Your Pocket, 2011
Video Of St Michaels Golden Domed Monastery In Kiev, Ukraine
St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is located in Kiev city centre, opposite St Sophia's Cathedral. It was built in the 12th century but destroyed by the Soviets in the 1930s. It was rebuilt after Ukraine gained its independence and reopened in 1999.
This video shows scenes from around St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery including:
0:09 -- View of the bell tower from the square in front of St Sophia's Cathedral
0:11 -- View of the bell tower from Mykhaylivska Ploshcha and the statues of Princess Olga, Apostle Andrew, St Cyril, and St Methodius
0:17 -- A babushka begging at the entrance to the monastery
0:22 -- Golden domes
0:26 -- Main entrance to the cathedral
0:37 -- Visitors relaxing in the grounds
0:50 -- Fountain with holy water
1:07 -- Stalls in the grounds selling honey
1:18 -- Monks walking by the side of the cathedral
2:06 -- The bell tower at sunset
Filmed with a Panasonic TM700 and edited with Sony Vegas and Magic Bullet.
The Current Situation in Ukraine - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
The current church situation in Ukraine has a long history. Millions of Ukrainian Orthodox Christians were excommunicated from the church. In response, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has today restored them to communion and granted their church autocephaly.