The Pokrovsky religious procession took place in a Pskov village for the first time in more than a hundred yearstranslated

Prikhody.ru 10/14/2026. The patronal feast of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary brought together parishioners from the villages of Runovo, Ostrovki, Ulyantsevo, Dmitrovichi, Sushino and the city of Novosokolniki (Pskov region) for the liturgy. In the village of Runovo, Novosokolniki district, for the first time in many years, divine services were held in the large Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which became possible thanks to temporary repairs carried out by parishioners in the summer.

Liturgical chants were performed by singers from the village of Ulyantsevo. The religious procession around the ancient church was held for the first time in 100 years. The holiday ended with a parish meal in the building that was occupied by the Zemstvo School before the revolution, reports the Velikolukskaya Diocese.

The Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary was closed in the revolutionary year of 1917 and gradually deteriorated. It began to fall into disrepair especially quickly after the death in 2008 of Archpriest Vasily Razumlev, the last priest who lived permanently in Runovo. Divine services are performed by visiting priests in the Church of the Kiev-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God, which was originally built in addition to Pokrovsky in order to conduct services during the cold season.

Usually on the Intercession of the Most Holy…