Brailiv Convent celebrates 35th anniversary of its revival
At the end of the service, a religious procession was held around the Brailov Monastery.
On March 19, 2025, on the day of veneration of the Brailiv-Czestochowa Icon of the Mother of God and on the 35th anniversary of the revival of liturgical life in the sanctuary, Metropolitan Varsonofy of Vinnytsia and Bar celebrated the festive Divine Liturgy in the Trinity Brailiv Convent, the press service of the Vinnytsia Eparchy reports.
The metropolitan was concelebrated by deans and clergy from the Vinnytsia, Tulchyn, Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi, Bila Tserkva, Balta, and other dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Among those praying during the service were the abbess of the Brailiv Convent, Igumeniya Antoniya (Stetsenko), the sisters of the monastery, parishioners, and numerous pilgrims.
During the Liturgy, prayers were offered for peace in Ukraine, for the Orthodox Church, for deliverance from the enemy, and for God's blessing upon people of goodwill who help those in need.
At the conclusion of the service, a procession was held around the Brailiv Convent, followed by prayers before the miraculous icon of the Mother of God. Metropolitan Varsonofy congratulated the faithful on the feast and the 35th anniversary of the revival of liturgical life in the monastery.
As previously reported by the UOJ, a persecuted parish in Vendychany celebrated the Triumph of Orthodoxy in a rural house.
