The memory of the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812 was honored at the Spaso-Borodinsky Monasterytranslated

On September 8, 2026, on the day of the Presentation of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the 214th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino, which became a symbol of the unshakable spirit of the Russian army, solemn church and public events were held at the Spaso-Borodinsky Convent of the Odintsovo Diocese.

The Divine Liturgy in the main church of the monastery was led by the rector of the Luzhetsk Nativity of the Mother of God of the Ferapontov Monastery, Hegumen David (Kurguzov), co-served by the clergy of the Odintsovo diocese. During the service, a deep prayer was offered for Holy Rus'.

Honored guests and sisters of monasteries near Moscow gathered to share the joy of prayerful communication: director of the Borodino Museum-Reserve I.V. Korneev, the abbess of the Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery, abbess Serafima (Isaeva), and the abbess of the Kolotsky Assumption Monastery, abbess Ambrose (Gavrineva).

At the end of the Liturgy, a solemn procession - a religious procession - headed to the famous Raevsky redoubt. At the site of the bloody battles, which became the “grave of the French cavalry” and the shrine of Russian glory, a thanksgiving prayer service was served, and then a lithium was celebrated for the repose of the souls of “leaders and warriors who laid down their lives on the battlefield for the Fatherland.”…