On March 30, at the Volyn Regional Clinical Hospital, His Grace Bishop Michael of Lutsk and Volyn and chief physician Ivan Sydor signed an agreement on cooperation between the Administration of the Volyn Eparchy of the Kyiv Patriarchate and the regional hospital. The agreement declares the Church's intention to carry out spiritual care over the medical institution through the constant ministry of chaplains at the hospital chapel and the provision of pastoral care for the staff and patients. In order to emphasize the importance of the event and to secure the intercession of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker before the beginning of the holy endeavor, on this day an ark with a particle of his relics was brought to the hospital. After the solemn signing of the agreement, Vladyka Michael addressed those present — the clergy, seminarians, medical staff and patients — with a greeting, in which he emphasized the commonality of the tasks of the servants of the Church and medicine. The mission of the Church is to heal human souls with God's grace, said His Grace, while the task of the Church is, by God's will, to heal people's bodies. Chief physician I. Sydor, responding to journalists' questions, noted that church ministry in a medical institution is absolutely necessary, because faith in God and His gracious action are the cornerstone of both the extremely responsible work of doctors and the successful treatment of the sick. On the occasion of the celebrations, Bishop Michael, concelebrated by clergymen and the seminary choir, served an akathist to St. Nicholas before his wonderworking relics. The service concluded with the consecration of statues of St. Nicholas and the Great Martyr Panteleimon the Healer, which, through the petition of the chief physician, had recently been installed in one of the hospital corridors.