Prayers were served in Orthodox churches at the beginning of the new academic year
2 Septembar 2019
According to the tradition that has developed over the past quarter of a century, at the very end of summer, prayers are served in Orthodox churches in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and other countries of the former Soviet Union before the start of the new academic year. The clergy ask for giving mind to pupils of schools, gymnasiums and colleges, as well as patience and understanding of their families and friends.
On August 31, such a prayer service was served in the Zaporozhye and Melitopol dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. According to the Ukrainian portal 'All Power', with the blessing of the ruling bishop, Archbishop Luke, the secretary of the diocese, Archimandrite Leonid (Sheremet), accompanied by the clergy of the city of Zaporozhye, performed a prayer service. More than five hundred boys and girls from city general education and Sunday schools, orphans from the Nadezhda Orthodox orphanage, as well as children of immigrants from Donbass received blessings to study in the beginning year. Together with many of the children, their parents, grandparents, as well as Orthodox volunteers from different parishes of Zaporozhye prayed.
At the end of the prayer service, the children were invited to the play 'Nikorai-Do', staged by the theater studio at the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God and dedicated to the amazing life and missionary deeds of St. Nicholas of Japan, Equal to the Apostles.
Prayers were served in Orthodox churches at the beginning of the new academic yearPrayers were served in Orthodox churches at the beginning of the new academic yearAccording to the tradition that has developed over the past quarter of a century, at the very end of summer, prayers are served in Orthodox churches in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and other countries of the former Soviet Union before the start of the new academic year. The clergy ask for giving mind to pupils of schools, gymnasiums and colleges, as well as patience and understanding of their families and friends. On August 31, such a prayer service was served in the Zaporozhye and Melitopol dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. According to the Ukrainian portal 'All Power', with the blessing of the ruling bishop, Archbishop Luke, the secretary of the diocese, Archimandrite Leonid (Sheremet), accompanied by the clergy of the city of Zaporozhye, performed a prayer service. More than five hundred boys and girls from city general education and Sunday schools, orphans from the Nadezhda Orthodox orphanage, as well as children of immigrants from Donbass received blessings to study in the beginning year. Together with many of the children, their parents, grandparents, as well as Orthodox volunteers from different parishes of Zaporozhye prayed. At the end of the prayer service, the children were invited to the play 'Nikorai-Do', staged by the theater studio at the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God and dedicated to the amazing life and missionary deeds of St. Nicholas of Japan, Equal to the Apostles.Свеча Иерусалима -sr
According to the tradition that has developed over the past quarter of a century, at the very end of summer, prayers are served in Orthodox churches in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and other countries of the former Soviet Union before the start of the new academic year. The clergy ask for giving mind to pupils of schools, gymnasiums and colleges, as well as patience and understanding of their families and friends. On August 31, such a prayer service was served in the Zaporozhye and Melitopol dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. According to the Ukrainian portal 'All Power', with the blessing of the ruling bishop, Archbishop Luke, the secretary of the diocese, Archimandrite Leonid (Sheremet), accompanied by the clergy of the city of Zaporozhye, performed a prayer service. More than five hundred boys and girls from city general education and Sunday schools, orphans from the Nadezhda Orthodox orphanage, as well as children of immigrants from Donbass received blessings to study in the beginning year. Together with many of the children, their parents, grandparents, as well as Orthodox volunteers from different parishes of Zaporozhye prayed. At the end of the prayer service, the children were invited to the play 'Nikorai-Do', staged by the theater studio at the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God and dedicated to the amazing life and missionary deeds of St. Nicholas of Japan, Equal to the Apostles.
