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Prayer service at the worship crosstranslated

August 17, 2026 · 1 min read

On the evening of August 14, 2026, on the banks of the Vyatka River, parishioners from different churches of Vyatka gathered at the worship cross in memory of the holy Royal Passion-Bearers. There were children along with the adults. Under the spiritual leadership of Father Andrei Lebedev, a prayer service with an akathist was served in honor of the Royal Family and their faithful companions. On August 15, 1917, the holy martyrs passed by this place on a train that was taking them into exile in the city of Tobolsk. Until his martyrdom, Emperor Nicholas II and his family: Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarevich Alexy, princesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia remained faithful to Orthodoxy, Russia and their people. And now in their person we have great prayer books for the whole country and for each of us. The parishioners remembered the accident in 2014 not far from the crossing, the terrible fire, and the obvious miracle that everything happened without much harm to Novovyatsk. After reading the akathist, everyone prayed for Russia, for peace and a happy future.

Further, Father Andrei Lebedev invited the parishioners of the church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear” to take patronage of the place where the worship cross is located, maintain order, tidy up, and improve the area. It is also noteworthy that at the base...

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