Lviv Youth Walk in Memory of Pope
Lviv - Approximately 5000 faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic churches made a prayer walk through the streets of Lviv on 7 April 2005 , stopping at the places the late Pope John Paul II visited in June 2001. The event was organized by students of the Ukrainian Catholic University.
The walk began on the Hill of St. George, at the residence of the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). Pope John Paul II stayed there during his time in Lviv, looking at the UGCC archives, including the original of the decree of Brest, at which the Ukrainian Church officially re-united with Rome in 1596.
The youth of Lviv also prayed at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady, and the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral, which the Pope visited.
The candle walk ended in a solemn religious service for the repose of the soul of the Pope, which took place near the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God, where the Pope met with youth in 2001, and where a statue of John Paul II now stands. Thousands of Lviv residents came here in the days of mourning to pay their last respects to the Pope.
Source: www.risu.org.ua
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