'Spiritual weapon for Ukraine': Head of Ukrainian Greek Catholics blesses one million medals for soldiers, victims and students
On Wednesday, October 26, in Kyiv, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) His Beatitude Svyatoslav Shevchuk, in the presence of military chaplains, consecrated one million medallions of the Holy Virgin, Mother of God Zarvanytska and St. Michael the Archangel, which will be sent to the battlefield, to hospitals and educational institutions.
These medals were produced within the framework of the "Spiritual Weapons for Ukraine" initiative at the expense of faithful lay Catholics from around the world who defend the ideals of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP), and were sent to Ukrainians to support them on the spiritual front of the fight against Russian aggressor.
The task that the initiators set before themselves was that these medals should be with the people who are going through difficult military trials on the battlefield, in hospitals, and in educational institutions.On one side of the medal, the icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, the ancient protector of Ukraine, is depicted on the medal, and on the other, the holy archstrategist Michael, the patron of the heavenly host and defender of Ukraine in the struggle for truth and goodness.