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City camp for refugees from the Ukraine blessed in the Rostov region

Shakhty (the Rostov region), June 7, 2014

Head of the Department for boundary cooperation of the Diocese of Shakhty Archpriest Roman Ampleev performed a prayer service to the Lord with special petitions for peace in the Ukraine, and blessed a temporary city camp for refugees from the brother country, opened on the Rostov Regional Search and Rescue service’s initiative.

The archpriest wished the rescuers physical and spiritual strength, courage and fortitude in their difficult work.

Parishioners of all churches are ardently praying for the fulfillment of the words spoken by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: “Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus all make one Holy Rus,” reports the diocese’s website.

6/9/2014

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Metropolitan Mercurius of Rostov: “The Church is doing its best to help the refugees”

Metropolitan Mercurius of Rostov: “The Church is doing its best to help the refugees”

Metropolitan Mercurius of Rostov: “The Church is doing its best to help the refugees”

Metropolitan Mercurius of Rostov: “The Church is doing its best to help the refugees”
The Rostov region in Russia has declared a state of emergency regarding aid to refugees from the Ukraine, and the Church is doing its best to support the arriving people, to help free them of there “stupor and fear”, reported Metropolitan Mercurius of Rostov and Novocherkassk on Wednesday to RIA-Novosti.

Archbishop Theophylact visits refugees in Yessentuki

Archbishop Theophylact visits refugees in Yessentuki

Archbishop Theophylact visits refugees in Yessentuki

Archbishop Theophylact visits refugees in Yessentuki
“For us you are not mere guests, but friends and relatives,” stressed the hierarch, addressing to the refugees. People from Mariupol, Sloviansk, Yasynuvata were present at the meeting.

Holy Hierarch St. Dimitry of Rostov

Holy Hierarch St. Dimitry of Rostov
Commemorated 28 October/10 November

Holy Hierarch St. Dimitry of Rostov

Holy Hierarch St. Dimitry of Rostov
Commemorated 28 October/10 November
Soon Dimitry was called to perform a different labor. There was a need to assemble a collection of the Lives of the Saints. Metropolitan Makary had long since begun the task of collecting the Lives of Saints from various sources and assembling them in his great volumes of the Menaion.

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Fr. Constantine J. Simones7/9/2014 5:15 pm

May Holy Orthodoxy prevail in its long struggle against the West. May Jesus and His precious Mother, the Theotokos protect all Orthodox Christians who are suffering and dying at the hands of evil men.