Penza pilgrims bowed to the shrines of the Republic of Mordoviatranslated

On August 8, 2026, the pilgrimage department of the Penza diocese organized a trip to the Cathedral of the holy righteous warrior Theodore Ushakov in Saransk and the Makarovsky St. John the Theological Monastery in the village of Makarovka in the Republic of Mordovia. According to tradition, the pilgrimage began with a prayer service for travelers in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ at the Penza diocesan administration. The road was accompanied by the reading of an akathist to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The first […]