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risu.org.ua - On February 13, 2014, the Vatican reported that the pope gave his consent to the canonical election by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Synod of Bishops of the Exarch of Odesa. The Exarch became Father Mykhailo Bubniy, CSSR, the superior of the Redemptorist monastery in Ivano-Frankivsk and parish priest of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Vatican Radio reports.

Recently the Crimea Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) was created and Bishop Vasyl Ivasyuk, the Exarch of Odesa and Crimea, was appointed the Eparch Kolomyja and Chernivtsi of the UGCC.

The Crimean Archiepiscopal Exarchate was formed by separating it from the Exarchate of Odesa and Crimea. It covers the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and is based in Simferopol.

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03 December 2022

Joachim and Anna Rejoice

Today the bonds of childlessness are loosed, * for God has heard Joachim and Anna * and He promises manifestly that they, against all hope, would give birth to the Maiden of God * from whom the Uncircumscribed One Himself would be born, becoming man, * and he commanded the Angels to cry out to her: * “Rejoice, O Full of Grace, the Lord is with you!” (Troparion - Tone 4)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Today the whole world celebrates * the conception of Anne which was brought about by God, * for she gave birth to the one who, beyond understanding, * gave birth to the Word. (Kontakion - Tone 4)

Saint Nicholas of Myra

The truth of your deeds has revealed you to your flock, * as a rule of faith, an image of meekness, and a teacher of abstinence. * Therefore, you attained the heights through humility, * and riches through poverty. * O Father and Hierarch Nicholas, * pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved. (Troparion, Tone 4)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

In Myra, You were shown to be a servant of the sacred things, O Holy Nicholas, * for, fulfilling the Gospel of Christ, you, O Venerable, laid down your life for your people, * and saved the innocent from death. * Therefore, you were sanctified as a great initiate of the grace of God. (Kontakion, Tone 3)