The ruling bishop led the Dimitrievsky Parental Saturday servicetranslated

On November 7, Dimitrievskaya Parental Saturday, Archbishop Nikanor of Yuzhno-Sakhalin and Kurils celebrated the Divine Liturgy and statutory commemoration of the departed at the Nativity of Christ Cathedral in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

His Eminence was co-served by the sacristan of the cathedral, Priest Alexander Bragin, and the cathedral clergy.

At the special litany, special petitions were offered, then the archpastor read a prayer for Holy Russia.

At the end of the Liturgy, the archpastor served a memorial service for the leaders and soldiers who laid down their lives on the battlefield for the faith and Fatherland, and for all Orthodox Christians who have died from time immemorial.

At the end of the service, the hierarch addressed those gathered with a sermon.