A $2.5 million renovation and addition to the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Bloomingdale is still months away from completion. But on Sunday, it received a little divine support. Patriarch Filaret, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, paid a visit to the center and blessed its cornerstone.Filaret was in town as part of a national tour, during which he has called on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to relinquish control of Ukraine’s orthodoxy. Read the story here.
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Daily Herald: Ukranian patriarch visits Bloomingdale
The leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv, visited St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Bloomingdale on Nov. 14.
