Pilgrimage of employees of Penitentiary Service of Ukraine together with prison chaplains held in intention to deepen understanding of their vocation and teaching of the Church on crime, sin, repentance, forgiveness and cherishing human dignity. It was attended by Chairman of the State Penal Department of Ukraine Vasyl Koshchynets and heads of central office of Prison Service, heads of all regional offices, chiefs and deputies of 182 penitentiary institutions of Ukraine and clergy. The total number of pilgrims reached about 350 people.
Pilgrimage to Zarvanytsya had expressively ecumenical character because of the participation of representatives of various Churches (50). Symbolically, its year of 1020 coincided with the anniversary of the baptism of Rus-Ukraine. 2008 is an anniversary for the State Penal Department of Ukraine. It has passed 10 years since its creation. The first pilgrimage Penitentiary Service of Ukraine became a new page of cooperation of Church and Penitentiary Service of Ukraine. Have a loock how it was.
