“Liturgy with the Patriarch” through the eyes of Gomel parishionerstranslated

With the blessing of His Eminence Stefan, Archbishop of Gomel and Zhlobin, the photo exhibition “Liturgy with the Patriarch” at the Gomel Regional Philharmonic was visited by parishioners of the churches of the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky and the Holy Righteous John of Kormyansk in Gomel.

Together with the parishioners of the Alexander Nevsky Church, representatives of the day care department of the Territorial Center for Social Services for the Population of the Novobelitsky District of Gomel got acquainted with the exhibition.

The parishioners of the Church of the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon were accompanied by the coordinator for work with alcohol and drug addicts of the Department of Social Ministry and Church Charity of the Gomel Diocese, Priest Alexander Grishanenko. For parishioners of the Alexander Nevsky Church and representatives of the TCSON, the excursion was conducted by the cleric of the Peter and Paul Cathedral, Priest John Zayats.

While exploring the exhibition, participants were able to take a closer look at the sequence of the Divine Liturgy, individual rites and details of the service, which usually remain outside the immediate attention of worshipers. Another meaningful line of the exhibition introduces…