On the morning of January 1, Orthodox teetotalers of St. Petersburg will march in a procession from the Holy Trinity Cathedral through the territory of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. According to Rosbalt, citing the organizers of the prayer procession, the Coordination Center of the St. Petersburg Diocese on Counteracting Drug Addiction and Alcoholism, the procession in support of the 'sober revival of Russia' has been taking place in the northern capital for the eighteenth year in a row - for example, in January of this year it was attended by more than half a thousand lay faithful, members of temperance unions, youth organizations, representatives of the clergy and monastics. The idea of starting the year with a prayer for the sobriety of compatriots was given to the supporters of a conscious way of life by the church calendar: according to the calendar, on January 1, the memory of the holy martyr Boniphany is celebrated, marked with special power to help those suffering from the ailment of drunkenness.
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