A cross and a dome were installed on the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Far Zasviyazhyetranslated

On October 30, with the blessing of Metropolitan Longin of Simbirsk and Novospassky, the cross and dome of the church under construction in the name of St. St. Sergius, abbot of Radonezh and wonderworker of all Russia in the Zasviyazhsky district of Ulyanovsk was consecrated.

The rite of consecration was performed by the dean of the 2nd city district, Hieromonk Georgy (Karpov), the rector of the church, Archpriest Oleg Kropochev, and Priest Andrei Chizhov.

The consecration was attended by the first deputy head of the Zasviyazhsky district administration for social issues, the chairman of the commission on minors of the Zasviyazhsky district administration Nadezhda Kalyalina, residents of the area and parishioners of the church in the name of the unmercenary saints Cosmas and Damian at the regional clinical hospital.

Upon completion of the rite of consecration, Archpriest Oleg Kropochev addressed all those gathered:

— On May 16, a prayer service was held at the site of the construction of the church for the beginning of every good deed, and today a truly historical event took place. We still have a lot of work ahead of us, including the creation of a community. Yesterday it was just a log house, the work of man, and now we have placed the cross of Christ on this building. The cross is a sign of our Lord’s victory over death, over evil. Rising above this...