A new pastoral center of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has been opened in the Danish city of Nykøbing Falster, where the first Divine Liturgy in Ukrainian was already held.
This was reported by the website of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in Germany and Scandinavian countries.
The Exarchate shared that 100 years ago, many Ukrainians from Galicia arrived on the southern Danish islands of Lolland and Falster, working in the fields and growing sugar beets.
The large number of Ukrainians working in Denmark is highlighted by the fact that five people became nuns at the local monastery. They and others prayed at the Church of the Holy Cross (Hellig Kors Kirke), but only by participating in the local community's worship services.
"Now, local Ukrainians once again feel God's blessing through sincere prayer, confession, beautiful singing, fellowship, and conversation in the parish hall. The pastoral priest for Ukrainians in Denmark, Fr. Vasyl Tyhovych, already knew some of the parishioners, as he had married one couple and baptized a child for another family, but all of this was in Copenhagen," the message says.
The services in the Nykøbing Falster community will be held once a month, on the second Saturday of each month at 13:00.
The Exarchate also added that the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Denmark now has seven pastoral centers and two priests.
