Divine Liturgy on the day of memory of the Apostle Thomastranslated

On October 19, 2026, on the day of remembrance of St. Thomas the Apostle, His Eminence Stefan, Archbishop of Gomel and Zhlobin, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the village of Old Krivsk.

Concelebrating with His Eminence were the dean of the Chechersk district, Archpriest Gennady Khatkevich, the dean of the Rogachev district, Priest Alexey Sergeev, the rector of the parish, Archpriest Vitaly Levchuk, and the clergy of the diocese.

Abbess Vera (Afonkina) prayed during the service with the sisters of the Tikhvin convent in Gomel.

During the Liturgy, intense prayer requests for the restoration of peace were offered.

At the end of the service, Archbishop Stefan addressed the worshipers with a word of archpastoral edification, congratulated the communicants on receiving the Holy Mysteries of Christ and gave everyone the archpastoral blessing.

Then the bishop performed a memorial service at the grave of schema-monk Artemy (Pototsky), who died in 1974 and was buried in Stary Krivsk.

The life path of Father Artemy was connected with the trials that befell many clergy of the 20th century. He was born in 1891 in the village of Malye Strelki, Rogachev district, Mogilev province. Having received an education...