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Article: Orthodox Church consecrates bishop for Western Europe
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- The Ukrainian Weekly
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- January 1, 2006
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Zelinsky, Hieromonk Daniel
Ukrainian Weekly, The
01-01-2006
CHICAGO - Seven bishops of the Orthodox world, along with over 30 priests
and deacons, gathered on December 13, 2005, at St. Volodymyr Cathedral in
Chicago for the consecration of Bishop Andriy (Peshko) as a new bishop for
Western Europe.
The ceremonies took place on the Feast Day of St. Andrew the First-Called
Apostle and founder of the Church in Ukraine, with the participation of
several hundred faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. and
the Diaspora.
The consecration was the result of Archimandrite Andriy's election during
the ninth Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Diaspora, held on
October 20-23, 2005, in ...