On the day of the celebration of the Position of the Honorable Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos, Metropolitan Alexy of Miass celebrated the Liturgytranslated

On the day of the celebration of the Position of the Venerable Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos, Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass celebrated the early Divine Liturgy in the southern aisle of the St. Simeon Cathedral, consecrated in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. During the service, an excerpt from the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 22:35-46) was read, in which Jesus Christ, answering the Pharisee’s question about what is the greatest commandment in the law, says that “the first and greatest commandment” is: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,” “and the second is similar to it: you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” In his sermon, Hieromonk Mikhail (Rudakov) noted that for the Divine Liturgy, believers come to church according to the commandment of God, honoring the 7th day and dedicating it to God. “Today we gathered to pray at the early Liturgy in order to devote the rest of the day to God. In the Gospel reading we heard about two greatest commandments: the first is about honoring God, and the second, similar to it, is about honoring your neighbors.

Having prayed and united with God at the Divine Liturgy, we will go and continue to bring the good news of the risen Christ to our neighbors,” said Father Michael. Today…