On June 6, 2024, the 225th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian poet A.S. Pushkin, festive divine services were held at the Dormition Svyatogorsk Monastery in the town of Pushkinskie Gory.
The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the chairman of the Synodal Department for Monastic and Monastic Studies.
The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the chairman of the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism Metropolitan Feognost of Kashir, Metropolitan Arseny of Pskov and Porkhov, Bishop Sergius of Velikoluk and Nevelsk, Archbishop Matvei of Pechersk, Secretary of the Pskov Diocesan Administration Archpriest Andrei Vakhrushev, Vicar of the Assumption Svyatogorsk Monastery Hegumen Vasily (Burkov) with the monastery's brethren in the priesthood, Archpriest Peter Netreba, rector of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Nevel, Archimandrite Spiridon (Ivashchenko), vicar of the Annunciation Nikandrovskaya Nikandrovaya Desert, Archimandrite Spiridon (Ivashchenko), dean for monasteries and monasticism Pskov Diocese Hieromonk Innocent (Seleznev), Vicar of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Mirozhsky Monastery Hieromonk Seraphim (Kozulin), Acting Vicar of the Savvo-Krypetsky Monastery Hieromonk Vsevolod (Sikanov), Superior of the Churches of the City of Pskov Archpriest Andrei Bolshanin, the rector of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Pskov, Hieromonk Alexis (Godlevsky), deacons of church districts and rectors of churches of the Pskov Metropolitan Church, as well as guests of the feast in the clergy.
The Liturgy was sung by the combined choir of the St. Petersburg and Pskov Metropolises, conducted by Yuri Gerasimov.
The service was prayed at by Andrei Turchak, acting head of the Altai Republic, Vera Emelyanova, first deputy governor of the Pskov region, Oksana Filippova, head of the Pushkinogorsky district, Dmitry Bystrov, head of the Ostrovsky district, Abbess Markella (Pavlova), abbess of the Spaso-Kazansky Simansky Nunnery, Abbess Tatiana (Pashkova), abbess of the Spaso-Eleazarovsky Nunnery, as well as numerous parishioners and pilgrims who gathered to honor the memory of the great Russian poet.
After the service was over, a requiem liturgy was celebrated.
After the Liturgy on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Feognost greeted all those gathered. Then Metropolitan Arseny addressed the worshipers Metropolitan Arseny. The guests of Velikolukskaya Bishop Sergius also welcomed the bishop of the diocese, who awarded diocesan prizes to those who had worked hard to beautify the Sviatogorsk monastery.
After the service was over, flowers were laid at the tomb of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin behind the altar of the Assumption Cathedral of the Svyatogorsk Monastery. The ceremony was attended by Metropolitan Feognost, Metropolitan Arseny, chairman of the Patriarchal Council for Culture Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea, Bishop Sergius, Archbishop Matthias, Governor of the Pskov region Mikhail Vedernikov, Acting Head of the Altai Republic Andrei Turchak, representatives of regional and district administrations, Pushkinogorsk Museum-Reserve, public associations and numerous guests of the holiday.
Afterwards, His Eminence the archpastors familiarized themselves with the interim results of the restoration work in the Svyatogorsky monastery. On the same day near the walls of the monastery laying of an apple orchard in memory of the 225th anniversary of the birth of the poet took place.
Afterwards, the Most Reverend Archpastors familiarized themselves with the interim results of the restoration work in the Svyatogorsky monastery.
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