Metropolitan John of Belgorod: the feat of Seraphim of Sarov is an example of humility and love for all of ustranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol, on August 1, the day of remembrance of St. Seraphim of Sarov, the miracle worker, Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Seraphim Church in the city of Belgorod. His Eminence was served by the dean of the 1st Belgorod district, Archpriest Oleg Kobets, the rector of the church, Archpriest Viktor Kravets, and the clergy of the church, priest Sergius Prokopenko and priest Daniil Yakovov, the rector of the Smolensky Cathedral of Belgorod, Archpriest Pavel Weingold, the senior priest of the churches of the Marfo-Mariinsky Monastery of Belgorod, Archpriest Vyacheslav Dementyev, cleric St. Nicholas-Joasaph Cathedral in Belgorod, priest Dimitry Kholtin, rector of the Church of the Royal Passion-Bearers in the village of Dalnyaya Igumenka, priest Roman Kravchenko, cleric of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and Their Mother Sophia in the city of Belgorod, priest Alexander Fokin. After reading the Holy Gospel, Metropolitan John addressed the worshipers with an archpastoral word. In his sermon, the archpastor recalled the feat of St. Seraphim, canonized in 1903 by decree of the passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas II. The Bishop noted that the holy elder predicted many...



