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Since January 2005, the international Ukrainian-Polish project "I Know What I Should Know; I Know How to Find Out About It; I Know Where I Will Find Out About It" has been implemented in the city of Lutsk.
Recently, His Eminence Bishop Mykhail of Lutsk and Volyn solemnly presented a high award of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate – the Order of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara – to Tetiana Tolochko, a teacher at the Center for Christian Education of Children and Youth.
Today, April 8, the solemn funeral of Pope John Paul II, who died on April 2, 2005, will take place in the Vatican. \n \n2,500 official guests, including 200 heads of state and government, as well as 300,000 pilgrims, will be present at the mourning ceremony in St. Peter's Square.
"According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Pension Fund of Ukraine will recalculate pensions based on the amount of the subsistence minimum established by law for 2005 for persons who have lost their ability to work," noted the Minister of Labor and Social Policy.
On April 6, a press conference was held by the deputy co-coordinators of the "Our Ukraine" faction in the Lutsk City Council, Ihor Huz, Serhii Havryliuk, and Viktor Shostak. The main topics of the press conference were changes in the faction's composition and discussion of the faction's further activity plans.
Ukraine's President plans to honor the memory of Pope John Paul II and to lead the Ukrainian delegation that will travel to the Vatican to bid farewell to the Pontiff. \n \nThis was reported by Viktor Yushchenko's press secretary, Iryna Herashchenko.
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.
According to a Vatican statement, the Pope died at 21:37 local time, or 22:37 Kyiv time.
On Wednesday, March 30, the opening of the Public Information Center took place in the premises of the Lutsk City Executive Committee. The Center was created on the initiative of the public organization "Association of Young Reformers," which will also coordinate its activities.
Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk will visit Kyrgyzstan on March 31 to help resolve the conflict in the country. "Tomorrow I am flying to Bishkek," Tarasiuk said in an interview with journalists on Wednesday, according to "Ukrainian News".