On the 9th September the Governor of Dnipropetrovsk region Viktor Bondar visited the Roman-Catholic church in order to congratulate personally the parishioners on returning of their temple. He exemined all the rooms of the church. Then he said that he was shocked with ruins of the temple.
Having studying the history of the Roman-Catholic parish of St.Joseph in Dnipropetrovsk, the Governor and other members of the State Regional Administration stayed for worship. After the celebrating Viktor Bondar said, “A new light period of this sacred place is beginning now. I wish this temple would come alive again and become one of the most interesting, amazing and attractive places of Dnipropetrovsk. I wish it would be such great, beautiful and unique as it had been later”.
On the occasion of the celebrating the prior of the parish fr.Kazimir Guzik OFMCap gave the Governor one of the oldest icon of the Holy Virgin Mary made by the first Christians. In its turn Viktor Bondar presented to the parish the icon of St.Nicholas.
Photos from celebration
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