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7.04.2011

THE ANNIVERSARY OF CROWNING OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF LORD TEMPLE


March 31, 2011, was the first anniversary of the crowning with the dome of the Cathedral of Transfiguration of Lord of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical. During the last decades, many new temples, majestic and gilded, have sprung all over Ukraine. However the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Lord, the glass dome of which unites with the blue sky above the Kyiv district Osokorky, stands out by its singularity. It is the only temple in the independent Ukraine, whose spiritual foundation rose at first in the hearts of the people faithful to God and then was incarnated in the stone building - the house of Lord on the earth - by their hands. As the spring sprout, shooting through the paving and growing towards the sun, the God's temple was growing on the native land despite of evil forces and overcoming the red tapist obstacles, lack of spirituality and abundance of timeserving.

Outright discrimination and neglect of the constitutional right of the Ukrainian citizens to the freedom of religion as regards to the community of the UAOC-C on the part of the authorities compelled Patriarch Moses together with the clergy and the faithful to make up their mind to start the construction of the temple on their own plot of land and at their own cost.

On his spiritual-enlighting lectures Patriarch Moses has taught the people to love God and the neighbors, to forgive and to be happy in the serving to people and Ukraine by doing the good deeds. Thus, the decision to construct the God's temple by their own forces is the fruit which has grown ripe from a grain which fell into the good soil. Patriarch drew and showed the sketches of the future temple to the faithful and then everybody plunged into dreams. Soon the model of the temple was made according to the sketches of Patriarch. That was the first step from the dreams to their realization. Patriarch Moses purchased the plot of land at his own cost in the Osokorky district in Kyiv and together with the community started to build the God's temple. The construction lasted for three years and a half. During that period of time, the state did not help but only watched the corrupted officials breaking law and hindering in any possible way the matter of God. But God Himself constructed this Temple through His faithful children on the earth. He constructed it through their hearts and with their hands. Symbolically, the construction of the temple alike to the development of the Kingdom of God started on the day when Patriarch Moses himself mowed down weeds and together with the faithful uprooted old unfruitful trees. The inspired and well-coordinated work was at full swing from the early morning till the late night. Everyone, small and old, put the part of their soul, time, force and love in this God-blessed affair. Everything was being done with the blessing of Patriarch, under his guidance and with his direct participation from the very first day of building.

When the temple was at last crowned with the dome with the gilded cross, the community members experienced the unusual ascent of spirit. The dream, being cherished for long 8 years, finally came true! That was the creation of their hearts, the work of their hands and the most important event in their lives! Are there many people, who can say: "I was building the God's Temple" or "I participated in the building of the temple"? The faithful of the UAOC-C has built and will build their churches by their own to consecrate the Ukrainian land, to raise the spirit of the Ukrainians, to develop the Kingdom of God here, on the Earth.

But the prince of the world is afraid to death of the birth of the God's Church, thus tries to nip in the bud all healthy and alive. Thus he strives for exterminating of Patriarch Moses, the community, nurtured by him in the love to God, and the clear and majestic Temple of the Transfiguration of Lord. Now, the tool for fulfilling his black will is the board of the Kyiv Court of Appeals headed by the corrupted Judge Shakhova O.V., who is preparing now for the final sitting on the 19th of April the decision on the demolition of this temple in correspondence with the case framed up by the state and church red-tapists.

However, the community of the UAOC-C, despite harassment and persecutions, believes in the God's Wisdom, Justice and Love, in the force of the Eternal Providence.
Blessed is this Temple, built by Lord through His faithful children.
It shall stand for ages!

 

(Verses in the Ukrainian language)
Тут Храм став Божий величавий - Обитель Господа земна.
Хай вознесеться Божа слава до Його Царства -в Небеса.
Освятить ця обитель землю, Засмічену, брудну в гріху,
І люд, що гірку чашу повну вже випив на своїм віку.
Преображення хай настане Землі і людності її -
І день зорею засіяє у час новий, у дні нові!

























































 
 
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