On Sunday, on 2 June 2024, the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, visited an orphanage in the village of Molnytsia near the Bancheny Monastery, the Information and Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reports.
After the solemn divine service on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the monastery in Bancheny, the Primate of the OCA, together with His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy and hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, visited the children in an orphanage, who are under the care of the brotherhood of the Bancheny Monastery, the nuns of the Boyany Convent, and Metropolitan Longin of Bancheny personally.
His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon examined the premises where the children live and study and got acquainted with the staff of the orphanage.
The children performed a festive concert for the guests and presented them with Paschal baskets.
Then the Primate of the OCA visited disabled children and children with severe illnesses who are likewise under the care of Metropolitan Longin and the Bancheny Monastery. His Beatitude blessed the special children. The guest was also told about the children’s everyday life, their medical treatment, and the care for them.
We remind that the visit of the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America to Ukraine started from Chernivtsi on the 1st of June. His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon is also going to visit the Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra, the Holy Spirit Skete of the Lavra, and monasteries in the Chernivtsi and Bukovyna Diocese.
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