The patronal feast was prayerfully celebrated at the Sretensky Stavropegic Monasterytranslated
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On July 5–6, the Sretensky Stavropegic Monastery hosted solemn services in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the patronal feast day of the monastery. The all-night vigil was led by the abbot of the monastery and rector of the Sretensky Theological Academy, Hegumen John (Ludishchev), and the Divine Liturgy in the ancient Cathedral of the Presentation of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God was led by the chairman of the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism, Metropolitan Theognost of Kashira.
