25 years of Pope John Paul II's visit to Ukraine

25 years ago, the visit of John Paul II to Ukraine was a state visit of the Head of State of the Vatican, Pope John Paul II, to Ukraine at the invitation of the Ukrainian government and Catholic hierarchs, held on June 23–27, 2001, the 94th international visit of Pope John Paul II.

The purpose of the visit was to support Catholics in their faith and to help establish friendly relations between confessions in Ukraine. According to the program of the visit, John Paul II visited Kyiv and Lviv.

The Pope was received by the President of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, who also took part in the ceremonies of meeting and seeing off the Pontiff, and in liturgies in Kyiv and Lviv. The Pope also held meetings with representatives of political, business and cultural circles of Ukraine.

So now it's 2026, which marks the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's visit to Ukraine.