The Secretary of the Vyborg Diocese concelebrated with Metropolitan Barsanuphius on Dimitrievskaya Parental Saturdaytranslated

On November 7, Dimitrievskaya Parental Saturday, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Trinity on the Oktyabrskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg.

Concelebrating with His Eminence was the secretary of the Vyborg diocesan administration, Archpriest Igor Aksenov. Among the concelebrating clergy were also the dean of the Nevsky District, Priest Dimitry Malinovsky, the rector of the church, Abbot Thomas (Vasilenko) with the clergy, and other clergy.

During the Liturgy, Nikolai Nemtsov, a reader from the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the village of Petrovskoye, Priozersk deanery, was ordained a deacon. A statutory funeral service was also performed.

Addressing the believers with an archpastoral word, Metropolitan Barsanuphius recalled the history of the establishment of Dimitrievskaya parental Saturday, associated with the name of the blessed Prince Dimitri Donskoy and the commemoration of the soldiers who fell on the Kulikovo Field.

The archpastor paid special attention to the Christian duty of prayer for deceased relatives and friends. The Metropolitan called on believers to preserve family memorials and pass them on to future generations so that the memory of the deceased is not interrupted.

The Bishop reminded that prayer for the departed...