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The children, teachers and parents of the parochial School of Ukrainian language and Religion welcomed the hierarch to the temple, introducing him to the youth of the parish that has joined the parish community since the beginning of the ongoing aggression of Russian Federation against the people and nation of Ukraine
Reciting the poetry, the children welcomed Vladyka Daniel with the lyrics that brough not only the bishop but the hundreds of people in attendance to tears: “…as the children of Ukraine, who have been forced to leave our motherland, we welcome you, as our bishop, into our lives while offering you our wounded hearts with the request for prayerful consolation and healing… pray for us, as we miss our relatives and friends in Ukraine, yet establishing new relationships with the people in our community and greater Western European Ukrainian Orthodox family…” With the expressions of parental love and care, while receiving flowers from the children, Archbishop Daniel embraced each child of the parish family, presenting them with candy, as a token of his archpastoral love and care.
