The All-Ukrainian Cross Procession with revered icons and relics of holy warriors, organized by the Synodal Department of the UOC for Cooperation with the Armed Forces and other military formations of Ukraine, began on February 8, 2022 in Odessa, Pravlife writes.

With the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine, before the end of the year, the shrines will visit almost every diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, where prayers will be performed before them with a special prayer for peace in the country. For the clergy, military personnel and members of their families, a lecture will be held on the work and rules of interaction with people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Archpriest Vyacheslav Yakovenko, head of the guardianship sector for internationalist soldiers and participants in hostilities at the Synodal Military Department of the UOC, rector of the Church of All Saints Warriors in Kyiv, Archpriest Vyacheslav Yakovenko, spoke about the beginning of the All-Ukrainian Cross Procession and the immediate plans of the organizers of the Orthodox Life portal.

“Due to the fact that the pandemic around the world and in our country, in particular, is gaining momentum, the route of the procession is constantly being adjusted. From February 8 to February 14, 2022, the icons of the Most Holy Theotokos, St. Nicholas, the holy warriors, the ark with the relics of the holy warriors will stay in the Holy Iberian Odessa Monastery.

Before the Vespers on February 14, the meeting of the shrines will take place in the Cathedral of Nikolaev. On February 16, the procession with shrines will arrive at the temple of Simeon the God-Receiver and Agrippina, and on the 17-18th – at the Cathedral of Nikolaev. On February 19-20, the All-Ukrainian Religious Procession will take place in the Nikolaevsky Cathedral in the city of Ochakov.

On Cheese Week, the shrines will return to Kiev for two weeks to the Church of All Holy Warriors, and then continue on their way. Of course, we plan to cover the whole of Ukraine, but in the light of quarantine restrictions, the Lord alone knows how everything will go,” said Archpriest Vyacheslav Yakovenko.