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Orthodox Brotherhoods Suggest Ukrainian Greek Catholics Give Turin Shroud Copy

30.01.2006, [17:31] // Orthodox //

Kyiv – The Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods of Ukraine (UOBU) has addressed representatives of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church with the request to make the Ukrainian copy of the Shroud of Turin a gift for the Orthodox. Only in this case, reads the UOBU’s address, will the Orthodox of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate allow the relic inside St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv. sedmica.orthodoxy.ru posted the news on 26 January 2006.

RISU note: Three national deputies in Ukraine’s Parliament, members of the Ukrainian Society of the Shroud of Turin, came up with the idea of placing the copy of the shroud in St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv for veneration on 22 January. As St. Sophia’s is now a museum, not belonging to any denomination, it was considered that this would be a good place for joint Christian prayer. However, in the face of potential protests from the Union of Orthodox Citizens of Ukraine, the plan was cancelled.

Source and previous related RISU news:

• http://www.sedmica.orthodoxy.ru

• http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/news/article;8795/