Today, a Blessed Charter for church services to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate was presented to People's Deputy of Ukraine Volodymyr Bondar. On behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Filaret of the UOC-KP, the award was presented to the people's elected representative by the rector of the Volyn Theological Seminary, Protopresbyter Ioan. The father expressed gratitude to the head of the Volyn representation of the "Our Ukraine" bloc for the charitable assistance he provides, as well as for participation in the patriotic education of future pastors of the Church of Christ. In turn, Volodymyr Bondar thanked the clergy who appreciated his modest contribution to the development of the church, and assured that he would continue to do everything in his power so that a single local Orthodox church would arise in Ukraine. So that it would continue to carry out spiritual work and spiritual education, as is being done now. Through joint work we will achieve both the church and the state that our people deserve, noted the people's deputy. On the initiative of People's Deputy Volodymyr Bondar, together with the seminary's rectorate, a named scholarship of Polikarp Sikorsky was established. Based on the results of the first academic semester, it was awarded to the best students from each year.