Sevastopol, July 19, 2024.
On July 18, from St. Alexander Nevsky Church in the Holland neighborhood of Holland, Ga. On July 18, on the tenth anniversary of the memory of the Holy Martyrs Grand Duchess Elisabeth and Nun Barbara, the traditional Maritime Procession began its movement, reports Sevastopol community.
With the blessing of Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea, the procession will be accompanied by its longtime clergyman, Archpriest Michael Viktorov, rector of the Church of St. Philip the Apostle, and an employee of the diocesan protocol service. Fr. Michael addressed the parishioners with a request for prayer and gratitude to all who annually assist in this important mission - the Stations of the Cross around Crimea and Krasnodar Krai - with a prayer for victory and peace in our land. Batiushka will deliver the relics of St.
Under the program "Alexander Nevsky - The Name of Russia", implemented with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, under the spiritual care of Archpriest Ioann Mironov, rector of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Neupitvaya Chasha", Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra, joint efforts of the Alexander Nevsky brotherhood and the Sevastopol bishopric with the public organization "Orthodox St. Petersburg", since 2014, in the cities of the Black Sea coast every year there are marine processions on a sailing catamaran "Meri 2" - in honor of the holy rulers of Russia, with the relics of the holy great prince Alexander Nevsky and the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles great prince Vladimir from Chersonesos.
With the blessing of Bishop German of Sochi and Tuapse, the organizers began the Jubilee Maritime procession from the Cathedral of Prince Vladimir the Equal-to-the-Apostles in Sochi with a visit to the Cathedral of Archistratigus Michael in Sochi and the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Tuapse.
