At the blessing of His Beatitude Volodymyr, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, the sacred procession which moved afloat on the Dnieper and the Black Sea, arrives to Dnipropetrovsk. The procession is dedicated to the 1020th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus.
The sacred procession carries the following shrines:
Wonder-working Icon of the Tithes from the Church of the Tithes of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos;
particle of the relics of the Holy Equal to the Apostles Prince Volodymyr;
particles of the relics of All the Venerable Fathers of Caves;
particle of the relics of the Holy Hierarch Dmitry of Rostov;
particle of the relics of the St. Seraphim of Sarov;
particle of the relics of the Holy Righteous Theodore Ushakov;
Righteous Theodore Ushakov of the Holy Hierarch Luke the Confessor, Archbishop of Simferopol.
Peculiarity of this sacred procession is that it moves by water along the way of Prince Volodymyr from Kyiv to Kherson and back.
On September 16, at 18:00 the participants of the sacred procession arrive to the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity together with the shrines.
They will be met by the priests of the Diocese of Dnipropetrovsk with Metropolitan Iriney of Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad and the orthodox citizens.
After the prayer chanting under the arches of the central cathedral the faithful will be able to venerate the shrines which will stay at the regional centre till September 21, 12:00 a.m.
The sacred procession is headed by Rector of the Kyiv Church of the Tithes of the Nativity of the Theotokos archimandrite Herman.
The Church of the Tithes - is a first stone church of the Kyivan Rus raised by Prince Volodymyr in 989-996. In 1240 the Church was destroyed by the Tartars-Mongolians, and its restoration began in the 17thth century the Church of the Tithes was destroyed by the Soviet power. In 2006, at the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine the lesser Church of the Tithes was built near the foundation of the Church of the Tithes - the memorial to the defenders of Kyiv. Three years ago during the divine liturgy some faithful saw the praying Theotokos. Thereafter the Icon of the Mother of God of the Tithes produced numerous miracles and healings.
The sacred procession with shrines has already visited Zaporizhzhya, Kahovka, Kherson, Sebastopol, Chersonese, Yalta, Feodosia, Kerch, Belogorsk, Simferopol, Eupatorium and Odesa. After the visit to Dnipropetrovsk the procession will set for the cities of the East Ukraine.
Administrator of the Diocese of Dnipropetrovsk Metropolitan Iriney of Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad invites the journalists and mass-media representatives to take part in the meeting and to share the joy of the historical event - the celebration of the 1020th
century. In the 30-ties of the 20 anniversary of the Baptism of the Kyivan Rus. Press-service of the Diocese of Dnipropetrovsk
Source: http://orthodox.org.ua/eng/node/348 |
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