The rite of removal of the Holy Cross was performed in the Transfiguration Cathedraltranslated

August 14, 2026 · 1 min read

On August 14, 2026, on the eve of the feast of the Origin (removal) of the Honest Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the day of remembrance of the seven Maccabean martyrs, His Grace Archbishop Jonathan of Abakan and Khakassia prayed during the statutory service in the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral of the capital of Khakassia, performing at its end the rite of removal of the Honest Cross. The priests Nikolai Pugin and Evgeniy Devyatov concelebrated with Vladyka. The diaconal rank was composed of Protodeacon Andrey, [...]

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Margarita Prifti

Thanks for the news. What a beauty to see that Archbishop Ionafan himself did the work of bringing out the Cross together with priests Pugin and Devyatov. In our church of Saint George in Durrës, we do it a little more simply, but it always feels the same when the Cross appears before us.

Ana Tudor

Thanks for the news. I remembered how Archbishop Ionafan himself made the dinner of taking out the Cross together with priests Pugin and Devjatov. Here at the cathedral in Constanța, we also make it simple, with the usual singing, and you always feel the same silence when the Cross arrives in the middle of the church.

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