In Rivne, on the day of honoring all saints of the Volyn land, a special spiritual event took place — the consecration of the lower church of the Holy Protection Cathedral and the new altar.
This is reported by Rivne24
The solemn service was conducted by Metropolitan Ilarion of Rivne and Ostroh, who was assisted by Metropolitan Ioan of Cherkasy and Chyhyryn, Archbishop Tikhon of Ternopil and Buchach, Archbishop Pavlo of Khmelnytsky and Shepetivka, Bishop Paisiy of Zhytomyr and Ovruch, Bishop Arseniy of Bohuslav, Archimandrite Kirion (Inasaridze), Archimandrite Onufriy (Lyada), Secretary of the Rivne Diocese, Protopresbyter Petro Martyniuk, Regional Dean Protopresbyter Vyacheslav Grytsak, Dean of the Rivne City District Protopresbyter Leonid Polishchuk, Dean of the Rivne District Protopresbyter Oleg Piven, Senior Priest of the Cathedral Protopresbyter Roman Dovbeta, as well as the clergy of the cathedral and the clergy of the Rivne Diocese.
During the liturgy, special prayers were offered for the Ukrainian soldiers defending the homeland, as well as for the people and for the peace of the souls of all fallen defenders of Ukraine and civilians.
Additionally, Metropolitan Ilarion also raised a prayer for the liberation of Ukraine from the invasion of foreigners.