Remembrance Day: memorial services were held for those who suffered during the years of persecution of the Churchtranslated

October 30th is the day of remembrance of all Orthodox Christians who were killed innocently by atheists or who were innocently imprisoned. On this day, memorial services and lithiums were held in the churches of the Simbirsk diocese.

Funeral services for the innocently murdered are performed with the offering of special petitions: “In the blessed dormition, eternal rest, grant, O Lord, to Thy servant, who in the days of hardship were killed innocently, who endured suffering and torture, who in exile and imprisonment suffered a bitter death, whose names You Yourself, Lord, weigh.”

At the site of the mass graves of those repressed near the Ulyanovsk Motor Plant, a memorial service was performed by the dean of the 1st Simbirsk City District, Archpriest Nikolai Arkhangelsky. Concelebrating with him were the head of the church-historical department, Priest Alexy Shalakhov, the author of the book “The Secret Necropolises of Simbirsk,” Archpriest Vladimir Dmitriev, the curator of the diocesan department of religious education and catechesis, Priest Nikolai Gensitsky, and the head of the diocesan department for interaction with the Ministry of Health and medical institutions of the Ulyanovsk region, Priest Dimitry Subbotin, Deacon Grigory Shevchenko. During the service the Mixed Choir of the Cathedral…