Divine Liturgy on the Feast of the Council of the Reverend Fathers of the Kiev Cavestranslated

On the day of remembrance of the Council of the Reverend Fathers of the Kiev Caves, October 11, 2026, His Eminence Stephen, Archbishop of Gomel and Zhlobin, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. Basil the Great in Zhlobin.

His Eminence was co-served by the secretary of the Gomel diocese, Archpriest Georgy Alampiev, the dean of the Zhlobin church district, Archpriest Alexey Smotritsky, the rector of the parish, Priest Vyacheslav Ryabitsa, and the clergy of the diocese.

The abbess of the Assumption Convent in the village of Kazimirovo, Ioanna (Yarets), prayed during the service.

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

At the end of the service, Archbishop Stefan congratulated the communicants on their reception of the Holy Mysteries of Christ and addressed the worshipers with a word of archpastoral edification.

Turning to the passage from the Gospel of Luke (Luke 5:1-11) read during the Liturgy, the Bishop recalled the miraculous catch of fish and the calling of the Apostle Peter and other first disciples of the Savior. The archpastor noted their willingness to trust Christ and follow Him, leaving their usual life. Archbishop Stefan drew attention to the path of the Apostle Peter - from the awareness of his own sinfulness and the first...