Port Arthur Icon of the Mother of God given to Crimea by Siberian Cossacks

Cherson, March 31, 2014

    

On March 26, at the St. Vladimir Cathedral in Cherson, the Siberian Cossacks donated the Port Arthur Icon of the Mother of God to the Crimean Cossacks.

    

The Icon of the Holy Theotokos was brought to the upper church, where a prayer service was celebrated before it, reports the Sevastopol Deanery's website.

    

The service was performed by cleric of the cathedral Archpriest Stephen Slomchinsky. After the supplicatory service ataman (Cossack chieftain) of the Kurgan Cossack Association (The Siberian Cossack Battalion) Valery Popov presented the ataman of the Sevastopol representation of the Association of the Tersk Cossack Army Sergei Golikov with the icon.

Pravoslavie.ru

3/31/2014

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"We have brought you this holy relic because we believe that its presence in your city will bring a great blessing and relief, much grace, protection, and strength. Venerating this Holy Cincture we feel that the Theotokos herself is in our midst, she is in the heart of each one of us."
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