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    Prosp. Chervonoyi Kalyny – John Paul II Park ID: 228

    The foundation ceremony for the John Paul II Park in Sykhiv took place on 28 September 2007. The program of the ceremony consisted of religious rites around the Nativity Church and the speeches of local political leaders, some of whom tried to link the visit of the Pope to Sukhiv and the future parliamentary elections in Ukraine. Possibly in connection with the park's foundation, Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko visited the Nativity Church, accompanied by the head of the Greek Catholic Church, Cardinal Liubomyr Huzar.

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      Church of the Nativity of the Most Blessed Mother of God (Rizdva Presvyatoyi Bohorodytsi) is a Greek Catholic parish church. The site, initially in the ownership of Lviv Municipality, was given to the Greek Catholic Church in 1990, and was blessed on 17 April 1990 by Bishop Filimon Kurchaba. The construction works started in 1995. In June 2001 during the Pope John Paul II's visit to Lviv the meeting with the Catholic Youth was organised in front of the church. In commemoration of the papal visit the parish constructed a monument to the pope and a memorial plaque.

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    At the opening ceremony on 28 September 2007, the following persons delivered speaches:

    fr. Orest Fredyna, the priest of the Nativity Church
    Petro Oliynyk, the head of Lviv Oblast State Administration
    Yaroslav Kendz’or, the head of "Narodnyj Rukh of Ukraine” in Lviv oblast
    Taras Stets’kiv, candidate in deputy from block "Nasha Ukrajina"