Cross set up at the bottom of the Black Sea

Sevastopol, October 21, 2013

Divers set up a cross at the bottom of the Black Sea in the district of the Karantinnaya Bay in Sevastopol.

Earlier, dean of the Sevastopol church district Archpriest Sergy Khalyuta consecrated it to commemorate Orthodox Christians perished in the sea.

Orthodox divers initiated setting up the cross in frames of the project the Holy Sea timed for celebrations of the 1025 anniversary of the Baptism of Russia, press service of the Simferopol Diocese reports.

Interfax

10/24/2013

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