Bishop's service on the 24th Sunday after Pentecosttranslated

On November 15, the 24th Sunday after Pentecost, Archbishop Nikanor of Yuzhno-Sakhalin and Kuril celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

His Eminence was co-served by the rector of the Lukinsky Church in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Archpriest Andrei Chugunov, the keymaster of the cathedral, Priest Alexander Bragin, and the cathedral clergy.

At the special litany, special petitions were offered, then the archpastor read a prayer for Holy Russia.

At the end of the Liturgy, the bishop performed a funeral litany for all those who tragically died as a result of car accidents, and also consecrated the icon of St. Luke, painted for the cathedral through the labors of parishioners.

At the end of the service, Archbishop Nikanor addressed those present with a sermon.