On the feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, religious processions were held in the UOC eparchies with a prayer for peace in Ukraine

On March 21, 2021, on the first week of Great Lent, the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great and the Rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy were celebrated in all churches and monasteries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. After that, according to church tradition, processions with holy icons took place along the streets of cities and villages, as well as around churches with a prayer for peace in Ukraine. This was reported by the Information and Education Department of the UOC.

Metropolitan Onufry of Kharkov and Bogodukhov celebrated the Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Kharkov. At the augmented litany, a request was made for an end to the destructive epidemic, for peace and love. At the end of the Liturgy, Vladyka performed the rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. At the end of the service, a procession of the cross with a prayer for peace in Ukraine took place from the cathedral to the Intercession Monastery in Odessa.

At the Triumph of Orthodoxy in Zaporozhye, thousands of believers prayed for the softening of evil hearts. Divine services and the procession were led by Metropolitan Luka of Zaporozhye and Melitopol.

Metropolitan Agapit of Mogilev-Podolsk and Shargorodskiy led the traditional Religious Procession of the faithful of the Mogilev-Podolsk eparchy. The clergy and believers with prayer and venerated icons walked in a procession from the church of Paraskeva Serbskaya village. Nemiya to the worship cross with. Bronnitsy, Vinnytsia region.

Metropolitan John of Kherson and Tauride presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Spiritual Cathedral of Kherson. At the end, a prayer service was performed for the rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy and a procession of the cross around the church.

The divine service on the day of the Triumph of Orthodoxy was performed by Metropolitan Nikodim of Severodonetsk and Starobelsk in the Cathedral of Severodonetsk in honor of the Nativity of Christ.

Metropolitan Elisha of Izyum and Kupyansk celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy in the Ascension Cathedral of Izyum, after which a procession of the cross took place around the church.