His Grace, Bishop NIKOLAI accompanied by His Diocesan Chancellor made a 10 day pilgrimage in the Ukrainian Chernovsty-Bucovian Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
His Grace and Metropolitan ONUFRII (His Grace's host in Chernovsty) look into a cave where monks once lived at the Men's Creshiatic Monastery
His Grace with the Brotherhoood of the Men's Culivetski Monastery
A major highlight of the visit to the Chernovitski Diocese was a visit to the Orphanage in Molnitsa where children, nearly 40 boys and 30 girls (including two children with HIV), greeted Metropolitan ONUFRII and Vladkya NIKOLAI. The orphans, cared for by local nuns who come in rotation, were all happy and clean. The orphanize smelled like a home and not an institution. This is an example of some of the great work being done for the people by the church in Russia.
At the Men's Banchensky Monastery. Under the direction of Metroplotan ONUFRII, dynamic monastics build for the glory of God.
At the Feast Day celebration for the Women's Monastery of the Holy Myrrh-Bearers.
His Grace, Vladyka NIKOLAI and Archimandrite Isidore are blessed to celebrate Divine Liturgy in the Kave's in Kiev
His Grace, Bishop NIKOLAI is awarded the order of St. Nestor (First class) by Protopresbyter Vitaly Kossovsky, Secretary to His Beatitude, VLADIMIR of Kiev and All-Ukraine.
