Fifteen years ago, on August 21, 2005, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church – in a historic move – transferred its headquarters from Lviv to Kyiv.
More than 3,000 faithful joined Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, major-archbishop of Kyiv-Halych, and the leadership of the Church to attend the milestone event.
Threats from Russian Orthodox radicals to stop the divine liturgy proved hollow, largely because of heavy security provided by more than 1,000 police officers and Berkut Special Forces, who protected the Catholics.