FEAST OF ALL SAINTS OF KYIV (JULY 28TH)
All of the Saints, Martyrs, Ascetics and Holy Bishops of Kyiv Edited and Compiled by Bp. Joseph ( Ancient Church of the West ) On Sunday, July 28th, we celebrate an irreducible and centrally important feast within our Church, the Feast of All the Saints of Kyiv. We remember their love for Christ, their missionary work, and their holy sacrifice, as they picked up their crosses and followed our Lord and Savior! May you be blessed as you remember their holy lives and profound contributions! Blessed feast! Despite the ancient origins of the Kyiv Metropolia, which stands as the oldest and first founded in ancient Rus', the celebration of the Great Feast of All Saints of Kyiv is a relatively recent addition. Established by the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in 2011, this feast day, observed on July 28th in the new calendar style, is intentionally aligned with the commemoration of Saint Vladimir the Great, the Equal-to-the-Apostles and Baptizer of Rus'. Blessed f...
