On June 6, 2024, with the blessing of the chairman of the Synodal Department for Cooperation with Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk, the Rosguard sector of the synodal department together with the aviation special unit of the Rosguard organized an overflight of the capital region with a list of the miracle-working icon of the Mother of God «Znamenie». The list was created during the reign of Emperor Peter the Great, and is now in the collection of the Museum of Emperor Nicholas II in Tokmakov Lane in Moscow.
The icon is now in the collection of the Museum of Emperor Nicholas II in Tokmakov Lane in Moscow.
At the time of the overflight on the Il-76 military transport plane and on the Mi-8 multi-purpose helicopter, Priest Vladimir Nikitenko, priest of the Moscow OMON at the Main Directorate of the Rosgvardiya, read prayers to the Most Holy Mother of God and heavenly patrons of the Russian Land for the protection of the air borders of the Russian state.
Father Vladimir, accompanied by the trustee of the Museum of Emperor Nicholas II, S.S. Reprintsev, together with the command of the air regiment, performed the rite of consecration of the runway, numerous aircraft and ground equipment of the special unit.
A meeting was held at the officers' club with members of special units of the Rosgvardia, performing tasks during the special military operation. At the meeting, Father Vladimir conveyed the blessing of Metropolitan Kirill with a wish for a speedy victory.
This event is a continuation of the spiritual campaign to fly over the territory of Russia with a prayer for the victory of Holy Russia. The first such event was carried out with the blessing of Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk with the icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov, written after his canonization, which already in 1904 the Tsar blessed the soldiers of the Zakatala regiment. This relic was also given by the Museum of Emperor Nicholas II and was accompanied by the clergyman of the Synodal Military Department and the keeper of the icon S.S. Reprintsev.
The icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary «The Sign» was provided from the collection of the Museum of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, created on the basis of the private collection of art historian and restorer AV Renzhin.
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