Celebrations dedicated to the Day of the Baptism of Rus' began in Chelyabinsktranslated

On Friday, July 24, the Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga. The Divine Liturgy of the holiday in the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ was led by a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District, Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan and Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass. The clergy of the cathedral concelebrated with the archpastors. The service chants were performed by a mixed choir under the direction of regent Yulia Vasina. For the prayerful worship of believers, a shrine of the cathedral was brought out - a particle of the relics of Princess Olga - the first ruler of Rus' who converted to Christianity and prepared the way for the Baptism of Rus'. At the end of the service, a prayer was read and a hymn to Saint Princess Olga was sung. In his sermon, Metropolitan Vikenty congratulated Chelyabinsk residents on the holiday. “God grant that we preserve our Orthodox faith, because it was given to us at a very high price - at the cost of difficulties, blood, and the suffering of our ancestors. And we must value it as a great value, as a treasure. As His Holiness Patriarch Kirill said on the feast of St. Sergius, we are responsible before God and before people for our faith. We must...