In honor of the anniversary, the Archdiocese gifted the church a relic of its patron, which was placed in a new icon of St. George.
Over 500 years of history and uninterrupted monastic tradition, along with unwavering faithfulness to holy Orthodoxy, distinguishes the monastery in Jabłeczna among other monastic centers in Poland.
His Eminence Metropolitan Dimitrios of Gjirokastër reposed in the Lord on Friday, June 28, at the age of 85.
Multiple witnesses report that militants brought in by the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) desecrated the Holy Spirit Cathedral’s altar by using it as a toilet during their attempted seizure of the canonical church property on June 17.
The Metropolitan has remained a strong example of Orthodoxy despite the Ukrainian state’s personal prosecutorial campaign and the schismatics’ violent attacks on him personally and his churches.