Portimão, Algarve Region, Portugal, November 20, 2024
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The church of St. Daniel of Girona in Portimão became the Russian Orthodox Church’s first fully consecrated church in Portugal over the weekend.
On Sunday, November 17, His Eminence Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun and Western Europe, administrator of the Spanish-Portuguese Diocese, celebrated the great consecration and Divine Liturgy at the church, the diocese reports.
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The minor consecration of the church was celebrated last month.
The Metropolitan was concelebrated by his vicar, His Grace Bishop Peter of Kafa, the church rector Archpriest Vyacheslav Vlasenko, and clergy from the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Paris.
The St. Daniel Church was purchased thanks to the community’s benefactors, and through the efforts of the Dean of Portuguese parishes, Archpriest John Gerbovetsky, the church premises were renovated and prepared for consecration.
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After the dismissal, the Metropolitan addressed the concelebrating clergy and parishioners with a welcome speech, congratulating them on the first consecration of a Russian Orthodox church in Portugal.
The parish then shared in a festive meal.
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