The Ruling Bishop celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the day of the celebration of the Bearing of the Cross of the Lordtranslated

On August 14, on the day of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Venerable Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, as well as on the first day of the Dormition Lent, His Eminence Archbishop Savva of Tiraspol and Dubossary celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Tiraspol. During the divine service, Hieromonk John (Traito), Hieromonk Simeon (Lupashko) and deacon Grigory Martynov, who is undergoing liturgical practice, served with His Eminence the rector. The Feast of the Destruction of the Venerable Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord is associated with an ancient church tradition, according to which on August days the shrine was taken out of the royal treasury for veneration by believers and religious processions. On the same day, the Dormition Fast begins - a time of special prayer work, abstinence and spiritual preparation for the Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, Archbishop Savva performed the rite of blessing the honey of the new collection.

After reading the prayers established by the Church, His Eminence the Bishop sprinkled holy water on the gifts of the new harvest and on the believers who brought them for consecration, invoking God’s blessing on them. His Eminence then addressed...