On the day of the feast of the 1st and 2nd Finding of the Head of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John, coinciding this year with the Sunday of Orthodoxy on February 24/March 9, the patronal feast of the chapel of St. John the Forerunner at the Holy Ascension Monastery was celebrated.
On Sunday morning, before Divine Liturgy, the cleric of the monastery, Hieromonk Gerasim (Kotovsky), performed the rite of the minor blessing of water. Then the Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky) was solemnly greeted. Fr. Roman celebrated the Liturgy with the Mission clergy.
The Prioress of the monastery, nun Ekaterina (Samara), the former Abbess - Mother Varvara (retired) with the sisters of the monastery, parishioners and pilgrims prayed at the service.
After the Liturgy, a prayer service to the Holy Forerunner was held with a religious procession around the church.
On Sunday morning, before Divine Liturgy, the cleric of the monastery, Hieromonk Gerasim (Kotovsky), performed the rite of the minor blessing of water. Then the Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky) was solemnly greeted. Fr. Roman celebrated the Liturgy with the Mission clergy.
The Prioress of the monastery, nun Ekaterina (Samara), the former Abbess - Mother Varvara (retired) with the sisters of the monastery, parishioners and pilgrims prayed at the service.
After the Liturgy, a prayer service to the Holy Forerunner was held with a religious procession around the church.
