A missionary prayer service in honor of the feast of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God was held in the village of Burtsevotranslated
On August 8, 2026, on the eve of the celebration of the Smolensk image of the Blessed Virgin Mary “Hodegetria,” residents of the village of Burtsevo, Taldom urban district, gathered for a village holiday. For more than twenty years now, the celebration begins not at the festive table, but with congregational prayer. According to good tradition and at the invitation of the residents themselves, the water blessing prayer was performed by the rector of the Alexander Nevsky Church in the village of Verbilki, Archpriest Andrei Krutyakov. […]
