The archpastor performed an akathist before the locally revered image of the Mother of God, “Seeking the Lost”translated

On September 25, on the heel of the 17th week after Pentecost and the day of the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, His Eminence Archbishop Savva of Tiraspol and Dubossary performed an akathist in the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ before the locally revered image of the Blessed Virgin Mary “Seeking the Lost” of Tiraspol. His Eminence was co-served by the clergy of the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ and the practicing priest Gennady Gnatyuk and Deacon Alexander Naidich. At the end of the akathist, the clergy and believers reverently bowed to the locally revered image of the Most Holy Theotokos, singing the majesty of the Queen of Heaven. Before the start of the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence Vladyka Savva performed a proskomedia commemoration of patrons, benefactors and all Orthodox Christians entrusted to his archpastoral care, offering prayers for the health and salvation of the living and the repose of the departed.