Hierarchal service on the 8th Sunday after Pentecosttranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol, on July 26, the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, the Head of the Belgorod Metropolis, Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Peschanskaya Icon of the Mother of God in the village of Tavrovo, Belgorod region. The day before, the Archpastor performed an all-night vigil in the church of the holy martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia in the city of Belgorod, co-served by the dean archpriest Sergius Koliy and the clergy of the temple. During the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence was co-served by the dean of the Second Belgorod District, Archpriest Sergius Koliy, the rector of the Peschansky Church, priest Georgy Trenis, the clergy of the temple, priest Alexander Borzilov and priest Pavel Zhukov, the cleric of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and Their Mother Sophia, priest Alexander Fokin. After reading the Holy Gospel, Metropolitan John addressed the worshipers with an archpastoral word dedicated to the Gospel miracle of feeding five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two fish. The Bishop drew attention to the fact that the apostles, having received Christ’s blessing to distribute food, accepted gratitude from people as their merit: “The apostles, of course, as people...