Patronal feast day in the Church of St. Innocent of the Moscow island capitaltranslated

On October 6, the day of the glorification of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Archbishop Nikanor of Yuzhno-Sakhalin and Kuril celebrated the Divine Liturgy in one of the oldest parishes of Sakhalin - the Innocent Church of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

His Eminence was served by the dean of the South Sakhalin district deanery, the rector of the church, Archpriest Viktor Gorbach, the cleric of the church, Priest Yuri Dobrenko, and the diocesan clergy.

Liturgical chants were performed by the parish choir under the direction of regent Anastasia Pezhemskaya.

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

At the end of the Liturgy, Archbishop Nikanor congratulated the clergy and parishioners on the patronal feast of the church.