Prayer celebrations in honor of Saints Peter and Fevroniatranslated

On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, after services in the Church of John the Baptist, a religious procession took place to the Alexander Garden to the monument to the holy noble princes Peter and Fevronia. The celebrations in honor of Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom were led by Metropolitan Mark of Vyatka and Slobodskaya. The religious procession is dedicated to the memory of Saints Peter and Fevronia and the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. The clergy of the Vyatka Diocese took part in the procession of the cross, led by Metropolitan Mark. A prayer procession began accompanied by the festive ringing of bells; during the procession, prayer chants were heard glorifying the saints whose memory is celebrated today. In the religious procession, Cossacks of the Vyatka District Cossack Society of the All-Russian Military District, led by Ataman Viktor Ryabenko, and representatives of the Russian Community movement helped to carry the icon and maintain order during the solemn event.

The celebrations in honor of Saints Peter and Fevronia were attended by the Governor of the Kirov Region Alexander Valentinovich Sokolov with his family, the “Union of Orthodox Women” headed by the Chairman of the Kirov regional branch of the Union Snezhanna Vladimirovna Rozhkova, the “Committee of Families of Warriors of the Fatherland Kirov Region” headed by the director...