"In addition to available money, no less important for the building of the church is prayer."– A meeting of the Committee on Construction of the Patriarchal Center took place

On January 29, 2009, in Kyiv the regular meeting of the Committee on Construction of the Patriarchal Center of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church was held. Its work was led by His Beatitude Lubomyr, Head of the UGCC. The representatives of the four departments which make up the structure of this committee took part in the meeting: the department for providing information, department for collecting money, artistic department, and the supervisory committee. The primary purpose of the meeting was to analyze the status of construction of the Patriarchal Center and become acquainted with the plans for building in 2009. According to news from Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh), head of the Supervisory Council of the Construction of the Patriarchal Center, in 2009 it is planned to execute work for a total of approximately 13 million hryvnias. In particular the necessary measures will be executed for adjusting the plumbing and sewage system, electricity, ventilation and air conditioning, heating and supplying heat. In addition, this year it is planned to complete fully the façade work. Important for the implementation of planned work is the presence of necessary money. That is why Fr. Vasyl Vil'chyk, head of the department for collecting money, informed those present that from November 1, 2008, in all eparchies and exarchates in Ukraine distribution of the special "bricks" was renewed, purchasing which a donor makes a small contribution to the construction of the Patriarchal Cathedral. In addition to Ukraine, "bricks" can be purchased in Italy and the US. Also in the nearest future "bricks" will be spread in Poland, Germany and Canada. In 2009 for the collection of money it was planned to conduct four charity concerts: in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ternopil’ and Kyiv. Another charitable project is conducting auctions. Separately Fr. Vasyl told about collecting money through the sale of compact disks of the first audio project of His Beatitude Lubomyr. The set of three disks can be purchased in parishes of the UGCC and there are also negotiations about their distribution in a chain of supermarkets.  According to the Head of the UGCC, "in addition to available money, no less important for the building of the church is prayer." He said that for two years with no break he has every week celebrated a Liturgy for the intention of donors to the cathedral and members of their families. Here the participants of the meeting asked a rhetorical question: Do the faithful of the UGCC pray for the successful construction of the Patriarchal Cathedral, do they appreciate the importance of prayer in this intention? As an answer, it was decided this year to conduct a prayer event to which all the members of the UGCC will be invited.

Information Department of the UGCC

More details about the building of the Patriarchal Center are available on the official web site of the Patriarchal Cathedral: www.kyivsobor.ugcc.org.ua