"Song of the Heart" - an international competition for contemporary religious songs.

The international competition of the of the modern religious song «The Song Of The Heart» was launched in 2002 by the initiative of the Head of the Patriarchal catechetical commission, sister Luiza Tsyupa. The organizers set as a goal to popularize the modern song. It was offered for participants to sing not only famous songs but also copyright songs. The first competition had very wide publicity. More than 100 youth participated in the first song competition. The Patriarchal competition «The Song of the Heart» was held in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2013. The main purpose of this competition is increasing of the cultural and spiritual values of Ukrainians through creating and popularizing of the modern religious song among Ukrainians in the world.