Patronal feast of the Samara Iversky Conventtranslated

On October 26, on the day of the celebration of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, Metropolitan Theodosius of Samara and Novokuybyshevsk led the Divine Liturgy in the Iveron Cathedral of the Samara Iveron Convent. His Eminence was served by the clergy of the monastery and the clergy of the Samara diocese. The abbess of the monastery, Abbess Lyubov (Chusova) and her sisters, the abbess of the monasteries of the Samara Metropolis, students of the Iverskaya gymnasium for girls and teachers, ktitors, parishioners and numerous pilgrims prayed during the service. The liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Iversky Convent under the direction of the regent of the monastery, nun Stefania (Vakhrusheva). During the Divine Liturgy, Metropolitan Theodosius consecrated Deacon Dimitri Bakhman, a cleric of the Iversky Women's Monastery, as a presbyter. At the end of the Liturgy, a prayer service was held before the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God and a religious procession around the monastery. Together with the clergy, the sisters of the monastery, students and teachers of the gymnasium, parishioners and guests of the holiday took part in it.

Metropolitan Theodosius addressed the believers with a sermon dedicated to the celebration in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. The abbess of the monastery, Abbess Lyubov…