Graduation held for choir director department of Zymne theological school
In the Zymne monastery, the awarding of diplomas to new choir directors was combined with celebrations marking the jubilees of Metropolitan Volodymyr and the monastery’s abbess.
On June 14, 2026, celebrations were held at the Sviatohirsk Dormition Zymne Stavropegial Monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the graduation of students from the choir director department of the Volodymyr-Volynskyi Theological School. This was reported by the UOC Information Center.
This year’s graduation ceremony brought together several significant dates in the life of the diocese and the monastery. The faithful honored Metropolitan Volodymyr on the 15th anniversary of his tenure on the see and also congratulated the monastery’s abbess, Mother Stefana, on the 35th anniversary of her service as abbess.
Metropolitan Volodymyr led the festive Divine Liturgy, during which the clergy and faithful prayed for peace on Ukrainian soil, for those celebrating their jubilees, and for the graduates.
After the Liturgy, the hierarch addressed those gathered with words of greeting and presented the young women with diplomas in theological education. The archpastor explained the importance of the church choir director’s mission and thanked the instructors for training new personnel for the kliros.
The teachers and graduates, in turn, congratulated the hierarch and Mother Abbess on their personal jubilees. The young women expressed deep gratitude to Mother Stefana for her motherly care and for the conditions created at the monastery for acquiring knowledge and spiritual growth.
As the UOJ reported, the Odesa Seminary presented the diploma works of its icon-painting department.
