We invite you to a prayer service with an akathist to the Theodore Icon of the Mother of Godtranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan Mark of Vyatka and Slobodsk, on Saturday, July 4, 2026, the consecration of the bell for the church under construction in honor of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God will take place.

Dear brothers and sisters, we invite you to take part in the consecration of the bell for the church under construction in honor of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God in the city of Kirov.

The thirty-kilogram bell was cast in a bell workshop in Moscow, with donations from relatives and fallen heroes of the Special Military Operation. The bell will be installed on the territory of the temple under construction and will announce the beginning of the service to residents and guests of the city.

On Saturday, July 4, 2026, at 10.00, a prayer service will be held with an akathist to the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God, a funeral lithium for the deceased soldiers; at 10.45 – the rite of blessing the bell.

We invite believers to take part in prayerful services.

From the history of Theodore Church in the city of Kirov

It is noteworthy that a temple-monument to the Defenders of the Fatherland is being built in our city. The temple in honor of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God will be erected on the site of the former Feodorovskaya Church.

The history of the temple is interconnected with the fate of our Fatherland at its various milestones.

In 1913, when all of Russia celebrated...