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The Christmas service will be held in the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. It will be led by Metropolitan Epiphany (priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine). The service will be held on January 7, at 9 AM. Media representatives need to receive accreditation: submit applications here by 4:00 PM on January 6, 2023.

(The police will ensure that the event takes place without any incidents).

For reference: on January 5, the news came out that the Dormition Cathedral and the Refectory Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra were officially returned to the state. Previously, these churches had been rented by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP). In addition, at the beginning of December last year, the National Security and Defense Council introduced sanctions against some clergymen of the UOC MP, including the Vicegerent of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Pavlo (Lebid). Today the reports came in that the Security Council of Ukraine completed counterintelligence (security) measures at the facilities of the UOC MP in Kherson, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk and Rivne regions. Libraries with pro-kremlin literature, campaign leaflets of political parties banned in Ukraine and russian symbols are reported to have been found on the territory of the churches.

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In the Kyiv region, invincibility points will be set up based on temples of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. In the near future, it will be known exactly where they will be deployed.

For reference: Invincibility points are places where people can warm up, access water, electricity, Internet, and so on.

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Andriy Zelinskyy, the priest, is one of the first army chaplains in Ukraine. In June 2014, he was offering spiritual support to Ukrainian soldiers in the east of the country. In particular, in the Armed Forces of Ukraine units near Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Staroihnativka, in the Avdiivka industrial zone, in Pisky, Debaltseve, Shyrokyne and Vodiane of Donetsk region. And in Kyiv, he visited the first wounded soldiers in the Central Military Hospital.

Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine need hundreds of chaplains for the army. In October, Ukraine even established a military chaplaincy service, which organizes the training of chaplains. The course is provided that should help to acquire the basic competencies of a serviceman in a very short time, so that it is easier to integrate the team. 

For reference: Army chaplains are clergymen who combine their ecclesiastical rank with other activities. A chaplain can be a Ukrainian citizen with a degree in theology, who is a clergyman of a church or religious organization registered in Ukraine. He must also receive a mandate from his church to be entitled to carry out chaplaincy activities.

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The city of Uman in Cherkasy region, where tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews gather every year to celebrate the arrival of the Jewish New Year, is expecting a visit of more than 10,000 pilgrims this year. Despite the prohibition of the Security Service of Ukraine, Hasids have already begun gathering in the city where the founder of Breslov Hasidism Rabbi Nachman is buried.

According to local authorities, more than a thousand people have already arrived in Uman from Israel. This year, Rosh Hashanah falls on September 25-26. The largest influx of religious tourists in the city is expected after September 20.

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