On January 18, the eve of Epiphany, Acting Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Bishop Konstantin of Zaraisk, Bishop of Zaraisk, celebrated the All-Night Vigil in the Church of St. John of the Cross in Cape Town (South Africa). The service was attended by the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Cape Town, A.V. Malenko.
On January 19, the Feast of the Epiphany, Bishop Constantine celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. John the Venerable, accompanied by Archpriest Daniil Lugovoy, rector of St. Sergius Church in Johannesburg, Hieromonk Stephan (Igumnov), secretary of the Department for External Church Relations for Inter-Christian Relations, Priest Nikolai Esterhuizen, rector of St. John's Church in Cape Town, and clergy of the exarchate. At the end of the Liturgy, the bishop performed the rite of the great consecration of water.
Then there was a communion with the parishioners at a festive meal.
On the eve of the feast, Bishop Constantine visited the Church of St. Mary of Egypt in Robertson, where he celebrated a prayer service to this saint and talked with the priest and parishioners.
OVCS Communication Service/Patriarchy.ru
Share:
