‘After the Lord's Christmas’ seminar in Pryluky juvenile facility

The volunteers of penitentiary chaplaincy of the Kyiv Archeparchy held a meeting “After the Lord’s Nativity” with the inmates of Pryluky juvenile correctional facility on January 29, 2011. The initiators of this event were Taras Pshenychnyi and Christina Shon. The meeting was organized as a three-hour seminar and included a presentation about the history of the Christian calendar and the tradition of celebrating the holidays. Chaplain Volodymyr Levchenko, whom the boys in Pryluky know and love, was one of the volunteers. Without his involvement, the best meetings may have not take place successfully. “For me the most important experience of each trip to a penitentiary is the personal conversation with the inmates that teaches them to love their brothers in Christ. These meetings are small steps toward Christ,” said brother Volodymyr. At the end the event, the boys received pictures of St. Nicholas and heard Christmas carols with musical accompaniment by Daniel Verbovetskyi, a musician from the Bandurist National Music Academy.

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Volunteer Christina Shon