Metropolitan of Ukraine celebrates 30 years of Metropolitan Makariy’s Episcopal Ministry in Lviv

Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), presided over the Divine Liturgy at the historic Dormition Church in Lviv on November 3, 2026, marking the 30th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of Metropolitan Makariy of Lviv.

The Primate traveled to Lviv to celebrate the significant milestone alongside Metropolitan Makariy, joining hierarchs, clergy, and faithful in a service of thanksgiving and prayer.

Concelebrating with Metropolitan Epiphanius were Metropolitan Makariy of Lviv, Metropolitan Symeon of Khmelnytskyi and Shepetivka, Metropolitan Ioasaph of Ivano-Frankivsk and Halych, Metropolitan Dymytriy of Lviv and Sokal, Metropolitan Michael of Lutsk and Volyn, Metropolitan Nestor of Ternopil and Kremenets, and Metropolitan Yevstratiy of Bila Tserkva.

Also participating were Archbishops Volodymyr of Zhytomyr and Polissia, Herman of Kamianets-Podilskyi and Nova Ushytsia, Tykhon of Ternopil and Buchach, and Agapit of Vyshhorod, as well as Bishops Viktor of Mukachevo and the Carpathians, Borys of Kherson and Kakhovka, and Pavlo of Kolomyia. Archpriest Ihor Burmylo, rector of the Dormition Church, and other local and…