From Serbia with love: new Shrines for Tambovkatranslated

On October 17, 2026, on the day of the discovery of the relics of Saints Guria and Barsanuphius, the village of Tambovka, Sargat region, and its Mother of God Vladimir women’s community received special gifts from fraternal Serbia.

Guests from different places came to the festive Divine Liturgy in Tambovka. Particularly large was the group of pilgrims led by the rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the village of Krutaya Gorka, Priest Anthony Khmelev, who arrived to perform the Divine Liturgy along with the believers and hand over to nun Sergius (Debus) the holy images of the Mother of God from fraternal Serbia.

After the Divine Liturgy, Father Anthony and Sister Elena presented icons to Mother Sergius and told stories associated with each of them.

Abbess Zlata, abbess of the Belgrade monastery in honor of the “Three-Handed” Icon of the Mother of God, gave Mother Sergius the “Three-Handed” Icon of the Mother of God for cell prayer. Previously, this Image was located on Mount Athos in the Hilandar monastery.

Along with it, another unusual icon was transferred - a photographic image of the “Three-Handed” Image. On the third hand of the Mother of God you can see the reflection of children playing football with Mother Golden. Such an amazing detail makes the Image especially...