Aurora’s St. George Byzantine Catholic Church will host the Pilgrimage of the Bishops as part of the Eparchial tour of Blessed Martyr Romanian Bishops’ relics.

The free event will begin at 3 p.m. Jan. 17 at the church, 720 Rural St.

Attendees will be able to view and venerate the blessed martyrs’ relics. A video presentation and Akathist prayer service is set for 4 p.m. The Akathist is a traditional prayer service which invokes the martyrs intercession for the faithful’s intentions.

The pilgrimage commemorates Romanian Greek-Catholic bishops who were martyred following the suppression of Greek-Catholic Church’s by Communist authorities beginning in 1948, according to a news release. The bishops were beatified by Pope Francis during his Apostolic visit to Romania in 2019.

For information, call the Rev. Fred Peterson at 630-851-4002.