Christianity in Ukraine - 1000 yrs - Turner, ACT, Australia
S 35° 16.433 E 149° 07.633
55H E 693477 N 6094508
A tall tapered-at-the-top, brown tablet, on the side of the Ukrainian Orthodox Centre details the Commemoration of a Millenium of Christianity in Ukraine.
Waymark Code: WM10CGT
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date Posted: 04/13/2019
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There are two brown tablets on the walls of the Orthodox Centre, with one being in Ukrainian, and the other in English, which is transcribed below:
MILLENNIUM OF
CHRISTIANITY IN UKRAINE
In the Name of the Father
and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit
This Memorial Centre was erected by the
faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
in Australia and New Zealand with the support
of the whole Ukrainian Community in
commemoration of the Millennium of Christianity
in Ukraine - Rus and 1000 years of the
Ukranian Orthodox Church.
In the year 988 A.D. the Grand Prince of
Ukraine-Rus Volodymyr (Swiatoslawovych)
personally accepted the Christian faith from
Constantinople and baptised the Ukranian
people in the waters of the River Dnipro
Slavutych.
The Millennium Memorial Centre was officially
Opened and Dedicated on
Sunday, 23rd October,
in the year of our Lord 1988
by the ruling Bishop of the Australian and
New Zealand Diocese of the Ukrainian
Autocephalic Orthodox Church.
His Grace the Most Reverend Archibishop
VOLODYMYR (Didowycz)
May this consecrated memorial bear witness
for the future generations of our descendants
of our dedication to the Christian faith and
our love for the Holy Ukrainian Orthodox
Church
Amen!
Address: 6 McKay Gardens, Turner, ACT, 2612, Australia
Visited: 1522-4, Saturday, 1 September, 2018