On November 13, 2024, the day of the glorification of the Monk Arsenia, Abbess of Ust-Medveditskaya, Metropolitan Feodor of Volgograd and Kamyshinsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Ust-Medveditsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Nunnery in the town of Serafimovich, Volgograd region.
His Eminence was accompanied by Archbishop Elinistine and Kalmytsky Yustinian.
His Eminence was served by: Archbishop Justinian of Elista and Kalmyk, Archbishop Varlaam of Makhachkala and Grozny, Bishop Elisey of Uryupinsk and Novoanninsk, Bishop John of Kalachev and Pallasovsky, clergy of the Uryupinsk, Elista and Makhachkala dioceses.
Bishop Varlaam and Makhachkala.
The abbess of the Ust-Medveditsky monastery Hegumeness Georgia (Borovik), the abbess of the Gusevka nunnery in honor of the Akhtyrsk icon of the Mother of God in the village of. Gusevka Abbess Seraphima (Kashtanova), sisters of the monasteries.
The church was attended by the head of the city. Serafimovich Tatyana Ilyina, Senator of the Russian Federation Nikolay Semisotov, ataman of the Ust-Medveditsky Cossack District Viktor Grechishnikov, ataman of the Andrei Dyakov, representatives of the Cossacks.
At the Litany of Liturgy, special petitions were offered and a prayer for Holy Russia was recited. Liturgical hymns were sung by the choir of the sisters of the Ust-Medveditsky monastery. The sermon before communion was delivered by the clergyman of the Church of the Holy Spirit of the Comforter in Zhirnovsk, Volgograd region, Priest Vladimir Berdik.
At the end of the Liturgy there was a glorification before the image of the Monk Arsenia, Abbess of Ust-Medveditskaya.
Bishop Elisey addressed the faithful with an archpastoral word. «Today we celebrate the glorification of Hegumenia Arsenia, which took place in 2016. The Orthodox people honored her even during her lifetime, her feats, her reason, her piety, her obedience. For modern people she is a striking example of such a life, when the Lord gives many talents for simplicity, for cordiality and respect for her faith, for her loved ones. Gathering here today and celebrating the Divine Liturgy, we ask St. Arsenia that through her prayers the Lord grant us gifts» — said, in particular, the bishop.
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Ladyka Elisey especially thanked the head of the Volgograd Metropolitan Church for the divine service on this festive day, for his attention and care for the parishes and the spiritual life of the flock.
Ladyka Elisey thanked the head of the Volgograd Metropolitan Church for his attention and care for the parishes and the spiritual life of the flock.
Then Metropolitan Theodore addressed the participants of the celebrations.
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