Divine Liturgy on the day of memory of St. blgv. book Oleg Bryanskytranslated

On October 3, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the holy noble prince Oleg Bryansky. Holy Prince Oleg, monastically Vasily, grandson of the holy martyr Michael of Chernigov, initially participated in military affairs. After 1274, he renounced princely power, founded the Bryansk Peter and Paul Monastery at his own expense and took monastic vows there. The prince spent the rest of his life in monastic labors and around 1285 he departed to the Lord.

On October 3, 2026, on the day of remembrance of the Holy Blessed Prince Oleg of Bryansk, His Eminence Stefan, Archbishop of Gomel and Zhlobin, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the parish of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Gomel.

His Eminence was served by the secretary of the Gomel diocese, Archpriest Georgy Alampiev, the dean of the Gomel city district, Archpriest Igor Olshanov, the dean of the Gomel district, Archpriest Artemy Krivitsky, the dean of the monasteries of the Gomel diocese, hegumen Theodorit (Zolotarev), the chairman of the department of architecture and construction, Archpriest Georgy Tur, the rector Biblical and theological courses of the Gomel diocese, Archpriest Vadim Kochan, Chairman of the Information Department of the Gomel...