The Ruling Bishop celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the day of the meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Theotokostranslated

On September 8, the day of the festival in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, established in memory of the salvation of Moscow from the invasion of Tamerlane in 1395, His Eminence Archbishop Savva of Tiraspol and Dubossary celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Tiraspol. The clergy of the Vozdvizhensky parish and the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ concelebrated with His Eminence. On the day of the holiday, believers gathered in the church to offer prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos and honor Her Vladimir Icon - one of the most revered shrines of the Russian Orthodox Church. After the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, glorification was performed before the list of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. Archbishop Sava and the clergy sang the magnification of the Queen of Heaven, after which the Ruling Bishop offered a prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos.
Then His Eminence Vladyka addressed those gathered with an archpastoral word, recalling the history of the holiday and the events of 1395, when the Russian land was delivered from the invasion of Tamerlane. The celebration of September 8 (August 26, old style) was established in memory of the bringing of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God from Vladimir to Moscow.…



