Prayer service on Conscript Day in the Ushachi Deanerytranslated

October 19, as part of Conscript's Day, in the Church of the Holy Martyrs Minodora, Metrodora, Nymphodora g.p. Ushachi, the dean of the Ushachi church district and the rector of the church, Priest Alexander Talerenak, met with the future soldiers.

Father Alexander served a prayer service for the beginning of every good deed and blessed the conscripts for military service. Deputy Chairman of the Ushachi District Executive Committee Gennady Mikhailovich Egorov took part in the meeting.

The priest addressed the future soldiers and defenders with a word of edification, in which he wished the young people to undergo military service with dignity and cited the example of the blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky. Father Alexander sprinkled the recruits with holy water and handed each an icon of St. Alexander Nevsky, the Grand Duke, a brave warrior and a wise diplomat with the wish to be worthy defenders of the Fatherland, focusing on Christian commandments and resorting to the prayerful help of the holy saint.