On the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Archbishop Sava celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the cathedraltranslated

On November 1, the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, the day of remembrance of the martyr Huar and with him seven Christian teachers, His Eminence Archbishop Savva of Tiraspol and Dubossary celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ. The cathedral clergy concelebrated with the Most Reverend Bishop. During the service, an excerpt from the Gospel of Luke (Luke 8:5–15) was read, in which the Lord Jesus Christ addresses the people with the parable of the sower. The image of seed falling on different soil reveals the spiritual state of the human heart and shows how differently people perceive and keep the word of God. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, glorification was performed in front of the image of the Resurrection of Christ and the icon of the holy martyr Huar. Archbishop Sava offered a prayer to the holy saint of God. Then His Eminence addressed the clergy and parishioners with a sermon, in which he drew attention to the need to carefully keep the word of God in the heart and bear the fruits of faith in everyday life.

The archpastor reminded that a person’s spiritual growth requires constant work on oneself, attentive prayer and the desire to fulfill the Gospel commandments. Special veneration for the martyr Huar...