Two feats - heavenly and earthly: how the day of remembrance of the apostles Peter and Paul and the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of Prokhorov were celebrated in St. Belogoryetranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol, on July 12, on the day of remembrance of the holy chief apostles Peter and Paul and the 83rd anniversary of the victory in the tank battle on the Prokhorovsky field, the Head of the Belgorod Metropolis, co-served by Bishop Savva of Valuysk and Alekseevsk and Bishop Abel of Gubkin and Grayvoronsk, Church-monument in honor of the apostles Peter and Paul in the village of Prokhorovka Divine Liturgy. Taking part in the service were Acting Governor of the Belgorod Region Alexander Shuvaev, Chairman of the Belgorod Regional Duma Yuri Klepikov, Chief Federal Inspector for the Belgorod Region of the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Central Federal District Olga Kremneva, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Nikita Rumyantsev, members of the regional government, residents of St. Belogorye. After reading the Holy Gospel at the Divine Liturgy, Metropolitan John addressed the worshipers with an archpastoral word. In his sermon, the Bishop dwelled in detail on the lives of the chief apostles, emphasizing how different paths they came to Christ. “The Apostle Peter came from a fishing family, was called by the Lord one of the first, so that from a fisherman...