Holy Week Retreat 2018 – Easter Triduum

The community of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri at Cardiff are hosting an Easter Triduum Retreat with Bishop Hlib Lonchyna.

Experience the beautiful liturgy of the Triduum, join the community for Vespers, Tenebrae & adoration as well as times of silent prayer and social time.

Meals are included in the cost, tickets can be purchased through this link and you can chose residential or non-residential.

People can stay till the 2nd (Easter Monday) if they do not wish to travel on Easter Sunday.

The Schedule is as follows:

The Right Reverend Hlib Lonchyna is the Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London.

Born in Steubenville, Ohio in February 1954, Bishop Lonchyna was ordained to the priesthood in July 1977. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Bareta and ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine on 27 February 2002.

On 14 January 2003 he was appointed Apostolic Visitor for the Greek–Ukrainian Catholics in Italy. On 4 March 2004 he became Apostolic Visitor in Spain and Ireland.

Five years later, on 2 June 2009, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator “sede vacante” of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainian Catholics in Britain and Ireland. He was formally named Apostolic Exarch by Pope Benedict XVI on 14 June 2011 and was installed on 2 August 2011.

Benedict XVI elevated the Ukrainian Apostolic Exarchate in Great Britain to the rank of Eparchy on 18 January 2013. On this date, Bishop Lonchyna ceased to be the Titular Bishop of Bareta.

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