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Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will arrive in Chernivtsi region in Ukraine on Saturday, according to a posting on the Web site of the Moscow Patriarchy.

The patriarch is to visit the eparchy administration and keep a night vigil at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Chernivtsi.

On Oct. 2, Patriarch Kirill will consecrate the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Bancheny, and participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for an asylum for disabled children run by the monastery.

He will return to Moscow on the same day.