On the day of the episcopal consecration of Bishop Ignatius, a Cathedral Divine Service took place in the Epiphany Cathedral Church. The administrator of the Polotsk diocese ordained Deacon Vladimir Dzhezhora to the rank of presbytertranslated

On October 28, Wednesday of the 22nd week after Pentecost, the day of remembrance of St. Euthymius the New, of Thessalonica, the icon of the Mother of God “Spreader of the Loaves,” Bishop Ignatius of Polotsk and Glubokoe led the festive Divine Liturgy in the Epiphany Cathedral in the city of Polotsk.

At the walls of the church, Vladyka Ignatius was met with flowers by the Orthodox youth of the brotherhood in honor of the Hieromartyr Konstantin Zhdanov, presbyter of Sharkovshchinsky.

Concelebrating with His Eminence were: the secretary of the Polotsk diocese, Archpriest Alexander Petlitsky, the confessor of the diocese, Archpriest Alexander Karandey, the dean of the church districts of the Polotsk diocese, the clergy of the diocese, as well as the rector of the parish of the Church of the Holy Infant Martyr Gabriel of Bialystok, Slutsk, Ivye, Lida Diocese, Archpriest Vyacheslav Pashkevich and rector of the parish of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Healer

Panteleimon village of Bakshty, Ivyevsky district of the Lida diocese, Archpriest Vitaly Utekalko.

The diaconal rank was headed by Deacon Vladimir Dzhezhora.

Liturgical chants were performed by a choir from the city of Minsk under the direction of Andrei Shlyakhtov.

During the Liturgy, the administrator of the Polotsk diocese ordained a graduate student of the Minsk Theological Academy as a deacon...