The 5th Mother of God Choral Festival “We Sing to the Diligent Intercessor” was held in Yekaterinburgtranslated

In the Ural capital, in the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God on Khimmash, on November 7, 2026, the V Theotokos choral festival “We sing to the Diligent Intercessor” took place. The event traditionally combined a choral Divine Liturgy and a concert of groups.

The name of the festival refers to an ancient prayer - the troparion to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God: “O zealous Intercessor, / Mother of the Lord Most High, / pray for all Thy Son Christ our God...” On this day, the words of prayer came to life in the singing of the combined choir.

Eight choral groups from Yekaterinburg, Novouralsk and Nizhny Tagil took part in the concert program - amateur, children's and professional: the Ural Amateur Choir, the Chamber Choir "Zhemchuga", the ensemble of sacred music of the choir L52, the choir "Znamenny", the Bishop's children's chapel "Oktoich", the ensemble of sacred music "Romania" and the Cathedral Choir of the Nizhny Tagil Diocese "Nicaea".

The program included works of different eras and genres: ancient znamenny and partes chants, sacred music of Chesnokov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, as well as choral arrangements of songs by Zatsepin, Blanter and Vizbor; connoisseurs and connoisseurs of sacred music enjoyed the works of P.G. Chesnokova,...