Polotsk – the cradle of spiritualitytranslated

On October 31, with the blessing of the dean of the Ushachi church district, rector of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Minodora, Metrodora, Nymphodora. Ushachi Priest Alexander Talerenok took place on a pilgrimage trip for the Sunday school of the Church of the Holy Martyrs in Polotsk.

The trip program “Polotsk – the cradle of spirituality” turned out to be eventful. At the beginning of our journey, we visited the Epiphany Cathedral and found a prayer service with an akathist to the Hieromartyr Konstantin Zhdanov. Of course, we prayed to Father Constantine, venerated his holy relics, and asked for prayerful intercession and strengthening in the faith.

Then the children had a walk along Nizhe-Pokrovskaya Street, which, perhaps, the Venerable Euphrosyne of Polotsk herself walked along. We climbed the steps to the St. Sophia Cathedral, in which the holy saint of God once began to struggle, approached Borisov's stone, admired the Western Dvina and the outskirts of Polotsk.

Further our path lay in the ancient Polotsk monastery - Spaso-Euphrosinievsky Stavropegic Convent. Here time flows differently and the air is filled with prayer and grace. During a tour of the monastery, the children learned the history of the founding of the holy monastery with their own eyes...