On the feast of the Great Martyr Marina of Antioch, the archpastors celebrated the Liturgytranslated

On the feast of the Great Martyr Marina of Antioch in the Holy Trinity Church of Miass, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan Vikenty and Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass. The archpastors were concelebrated by the secretary of the Chelyabinsk diocese, Archpriest Igor Shestakov, the dean of the Southern Deanery, the rector of the church, Archpriest Georgiy Kretsu, and other clergy. The abbess of the Holy Trinity St. Nicholas Convent in the city of Tashkent, Abbess Ekaterina (Malgina), prayed during the service. In his sermon, Metropolitan Vincent noted that the exploits of such saints as the Great Martyr Marina may be beyond the capabilities of modern man, but everyone bears his life’s cross before the gaze of the Savior. “It is very important that we realize that we do everything with God’s help. The Lord always helps us in everything, but we do not always thank Him for the good deeds He does to us. We often attribute all our deeds to ourselves, but the Lord always takes care of us. And we must realize this very deeply. The worship that we perform daily in the temples of God is thanksgiving. We thank God for all His good deeds that He does towards us. And of course...