Divine Liturgy on the day of celebration of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of Godtranslated

On October 26, 2026, on the day of the celebration of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, His Eminence Stefan, Archbishop of Gomel and Zhlobin, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church of the same name 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 Chechersk district, Archpriest Gennady Khatkevich, the dean of the Gomel district, Archpriest Artemy Krivitsky, the dean of the monasteries of the Gomel diocese, hegumen Theodorit (Zolotarev), and the chairman of the department. in architecture and construction, the rector of the parish, Archpriest Georgy Tur, the chairman of the Information Department of the Gomel Diocese, Archpriest Oleg Kostroma, the rectors of the city’s parishes and the clergy of the diocese.

The Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, located in the Iveron Monastery on Holy Mount Athos, is also known as “Portaitissa” - “Goalkeeper”. According to church tradition, the image was miraculously found by Athonite monks and subsequently placed above the gates of the monastery. On October 26, the Orthodox Church remembers the bringing to Moscow in 1648 of a copy of the miraculous Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. List…