On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a university religious procession took place on the territory of DSTUtranslated

On September 27, 2026, on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana at DSTU, together with the leadership of the Don State Technical University, organized the third university religious procession, which covered the territory of the university and the student park.

The procession began after the Divine Liturgy. It was headed by the rector of the Church of the Martyr Tatiana at DSTU, Priest Dionisy Sakovich.

Concelebrating with the rector were members of the Diocesan Missionary Group, blessed by Metropolitan Mercury of Rostov and Novocherkassk: Archpriest Sergiy Krasnikov, Priest Sergiy Lysy, Priest Pavel Dudoladov, Priest Viktor Vasin and Priest Evgeniy Miklashov.

The sermon on the sacramental verse was delivered by Igor Petrovsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Rostov region and press secretary of the Head of the Don Metropolis.

The procession was attended by the rector of DSTU Besarion Meskhi, vice-rectors, teachers, university students, clergy, parishioners of the university church and the “Vinograd” youth choir.

The total number of participants was about 350 people.

At the end of the procession, Priest Dionysius Sakovich addressed words of gratitude to the university staff and...