The great consecration of the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious took place in Smirnykhtranslated

On October 24, on the day of remembrance of the Apostle Philip, one of the seven deacons, Archbishop Nikanor of South Sakhalin and Kuril carried out the great consecration of the church in honor of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious in the village. Smirnykh and the Divine Liturgy in the newly consecrated church.

His Eminence was co-served by the dean of the Okha district, the rector of the Sergius Church in Okha, Archpriest Georgy Zhuravel, the rector of the Sretensky Church of the town. Smirnykh abbot Peter Krivtsov, rector of the Intercession Church in the city of Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, chairman of the diocesan department for indigenous and small peoples of the North, abbot Ambrose (Kovalev), rector of the Vvedensky Church of the town. Nogliki Archpriest Gennady Chubarkov, rector of the church Priest Nikita Nikolaichenko, diocesan clergy.

The service was attended by the first deputy governor of the Sakhalin region, head of the administration of the governor and government of the Sakhalin region Sergei Baidakov, mayor of the Smirnykhovsky municipal district Irina Karpukova, technical director of Leader-Specialized Developer LLC, construction philanthropist Marin Vikol, church builders, sisters of the diocesan sisterhood of mercy, pilgrims from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and...