Patronal feast of the Sedmiezern Icon of the Mother of God in the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Zvenigorodtranslated

On July 9, the day of the celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Sedmiezernaya, festive celebrations were held dedicated to the patronal feast of the Nativity Church in Zvenigorod. The Divine Liturgy was led by the dean of the Zvenigorod deanery district, priest Nikolai Kurenkov, co-serving the clergy of the deanery. Church parishioners and guests prayed during the service. At the end of the service, a prayer service and religious procession were held.

The day before, on July 8, the rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ, Archpriest Alexander Antoshkin, with the clergy of the deanery and parishioners made a traditional annual religious procession with the image of the Most Holy Theotokos “Sedmiezernaya” in the Verkhny Posad microdistrict of Zvenigorod.