Holy Spirit Skete celebrates patronal feast on St. Seraphim Day

The Liturgy on the feast day of St. Seraphim of Sarov at the Holy Spirit Skete. Photo: Nizhyn Eparchy

The Liturgy on the feast day of St. Seraphim of Sarov at the Holy Spirit Skete. Photo: Nizhyn Eparchy

On August 1, 2025, on the feast day of Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry, Metropolitan Clement of Nizhyn and Pryluky led the festive Liturgy in honor of the patronal feast of one of the churches of the Holy Spirit Skete in Pochaiv. This was reported by the press service of the Nizhyn Eparchy.

During the Liturgy, the bishop was concelebrated by the brethren of the monastery. A large number of pilgrims prayed in the church.

The clergy and believers offered prayers for peace in Ukraine, the authorities, the army, and the Ukrainian people.

In his sermon, Metropolitan Clement spoke about St. Seraphim's life and deeds.

Earlier, the UOJ wrote about what Venerable Seraphim teaches us.

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