On City Day, thanksgiving prayers will be held in Minsk churches and festive bells will ring.translated

September 8, 2026 · 1 min read

On September 12, the day when the Church remembers the transfer of the relics of the holy blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky, City Day will be celebrated in the capital of Belarus. With the blessing of the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Benjamin of Minsk and Zaslavsky, special petitions of gratitude will be offered for the city and its residents. After the Liturgy, thanksgiving prayers will be held in churches. They will end with a festive...

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Χριστίνα Νικολαΐδου

It is good that the bells will ring after the moleven. In Larissa we do it every year for the city, it gives a quiet joy. I hope many will stand outside the churches and listen.

Ελένη Νικολαΐδου

Well said, Christina, the bells give a different feel to the city. Here in Nicosia we do it every now and then for Panagia, and those who pass by the park next to Agios Andreas stop and listen. Do you in Larissa have a specific time after the moleven or do they ring whenever it ends?

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