The parish choir “Our Family” of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Krasnodar and the children’s group “Lad” took part in the “Ark” festivaltranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan Vasily of Ekaterinodar and Kuban, the parish choir of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Krasnodar “Our Family” under the direction of Protodeacon Mikhail Okolot and the children’s vocal group “Lad” with its leader Irina Finko took part in the XXIV International Festival of Spiritual Author Song “Ark”, which took place from October 16 to 18 in the cities of Voronezh and Zadonsk.

In addition to competitive performances, the participants took a pilgrimage and historical excursion around Voronezh and Zadonsk.

We visited the St. Alexeevsky Akatov Monastery, visited the grave of the locally revered Mother Theoktista, and in the Annunciation Cathedral venerated the relics of St. Mitrofan of Voronezh, St. Tikhon of Zadonsk and Hieromartyr Peter Zverev. We visited the ship of Peter I - everyone was filled with a sense of pride in our fleet and our victories.

In Zadonsk we visited the Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, prayed at the relics of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk and venerated them. Then they plunged into the Life-Giving Spring and drank holy water. In the evening we returned to the guest concert, in which we took part. Our soloists Nadezhda Azizova and Vera Borisova became diploma winners in the nomination...