Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass congratulates the people of the South Urals on the Day of Family, Love and Fidelitytranslated

Dear residents of the Chelyabinsk region, brothers and sisters!

I cordially congratulate you all on the holiday - the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity!

This day, associated with the memory of the holy faithful Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia of Murom, reminds us that the family is a small Church based on love, fidelity and mutual respect.

The holy believers Peter and Fevronia, with their pious lives, showed us an immutable example of the fact that there is a real family and a strong marriage union that overcomes all everyday adversities. Their life serves as a moral ideal for us, teaching that the well-being of the domestic Church is based on a unanimous desire for God, mutual trust of spouses and sincere prayer.

On this day I extend special words of gratitude to large families, to spouses who have carried love through many years of marriage, and to everyone who zealously keeps Christian ideals in their hearts and homes.

May this bright holiday fill your families with joy, prosperity and happiness, strengthen the love between spouses, parents and children.

I wish you, dear residents of the South Urals, good health, peace and harmony, prosperity and God’s endless help in all good endeavors.

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