Pilgrimage to the shrines of the agricultural town of Saryatranslated

With the blessing of the rector, Archpriest Alexander Shakhovich, on July 8, on the day of remembrance of the faithful Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia of Murom, a pilgrimage took place from the parish of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Novopolotsk to the shrines of the agricultural town of Sarya.

Every year on this day, celebrations dedicated to family, love and fidelity are held in Sarya.  Pilgrims from different parts of Belarus come there to pray at the Divine Liturgy, venerate the holy icon with particles of the relics of the holy blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia of Murom, and also remember Ignatius and Maria Lopatinsky, whose love story remained frozen in the unique neo-Gothic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The special subtlety, lacy grace, and external fragility of this church capture the tremulous tender feelings for loved ones and the full weight of grief from their early departure from this world.

In 2011, a monument to Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom, the heavenly patrons of the family, was erected in front of the Assumption Church. The author of the sculptural composition is Vitebsk architect and sculptor Alexander Gvozdikov.

The festive service on this day was led by the dean of the Verhnedvinsk church district, Archpriest...