Two-thousand Cross Procession with a miraculous icon held in Sumy (PHOTO)

On April 18 Orthodox citizens of Sumy walked in a Cross Procession with a miraculous icon of the Mother of God, writes the site of Sumy-based UOC eparchy.

On the day of glorification of Korsun-Shpilev Icon of the Holy Virgin, Guardian of Sumy city, there was held a traditional Cross Procession.

The Procession was led by the ruling Archbishop of Sumy and Akhtyrka Yevlogiy and nearly two hundred clergymen and over 2000 believers.

The Procession stopped at Prophet Elijah temple, as well as at the place of the destroyed Pokrov (Intercession) temple to read the Gospel.

Sumy residents welcomed warmly the participants of the Procession with Easter greetings.


Read also

Zelensky awards staff of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Reserve

Managers and employees of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve received state orders and honorary titles.

Metropolitan Onuphry urges faithful to forgive from the heart

According to His Beatitude, if we want the Lord to forgive our sins, we must forgive those who wrong us.

TRC officers detain Kharkiv Seminary lecturer

Serhiy Zolotukhin stopped responding after being detained by TRC officers.

TRC detains Metropolitan Serhiy of Tulchyn

At around 9 a.m., military recruitment officers took the hierarch and his driver from their vehicle in Kyiv’s Darnytsia district.

Dumenko and Zelensky sign Book of Lavra Guardians

Having one’s name entered in the book is intended to become the highest form of recognition for a personal or institutional contribution to the Lavra’s development.

Dumenko: Zelensky helps free Lavra from “Russian world” shackles

At celebrations marking the 975th anniversary of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the OCU head thanked the authorities and said the monastery was returning “to its true roots.”