Mariupol: 5 hierarchs, hundreds of clerics celebrate Liturgy in church that survived fighting (+VIDEO)

Mariupol, August 12, 2022

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Five hierarchs and hundreds of priests and deacons came together this week for a joint Divine Liturgy in one of the churches that managed to survive the intense fighting during the war in Mariupol.

The Liturgy was held on August 10, on the feast of the Hodegetria Icon of the Mother of God in the Holy Protection Cathedral, “the tallest church structure in our region, which miraculously survived with minimal damage from the military operations,” reports the Donetsk Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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About 200 clerics of the Donetsk and Gorlovka Dioceses joined His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Donetsk and Mariupol, His Eminence Mitrophan of Gorlovka and Slavyansk, His Eminence Archbishop Barnabas of Makayevsky, His Grace Bishop Barsanuphius of Novoazovsk, and His Grace Bishop Ambrose of Volnovakha for the Liturgy.

A special prayer was offered during the service for the repose of all those who died and were killed in Mariupol.

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At the end of the service, Met. Hilarion addressed those present with words of support, consolation, and blessing.

In March, His Eminence Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye spoke about his experience accompanying a humanitarian convoy that was intended for Mariupol.

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8/12/2022

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Comments
Alex8/20/2022 9:23 am
I've seen comments elsewhere asking why the inside of this church looks the way it does if it wasn't hit by the fighting, so I just want to clarify: This church is still under construction. It started being built in 2007, and it was a hugely ambitious project (it's the tallest church in the entire Donbass). Then construction work stopped in 2015 because of the war, and it's been like this ever since. May the Lord grant that construction will begin again after the end of this war!
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