Lugansk, October 17, 2014
On October 15, 2014, a solemn joint Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Church of Sts. Cyprian and Justina (the Lugansk psychoneurological dispensary) of the St. Olga’s Convent in Lugansk on its patronal feast day—it was the first of all the convent’s churches to suffer damage from the artillery shelling. Now it has no electricity and heating.
The service was headed by the Rector, Archpriest Andrei Dubina, with the clergymen, Archpriest Alexei Borovikov, Archpriest Joseph Voitsekhovsky, Archpriest Oleg Mishin, Priest Dmitry Kuznetsov, Deacon Vadim Cherevan concelebrating, reports the holy convent’s website.
By tradition after reading of the Gospel Archpriest Oleg Mishin read a brief life of Sts. Cyprian and Justina to the parishioners gathered there in large numbers.
By the end of the Liturgy, Archpriest Andrei Dubina delivered a sermon of exhortation to all those present, paying a special attention on the fact that, according to the life of Sts. Cyprian and Justina, sorcerers and demons are powerless to do any harm to people who have sincere faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, who make the sign of the cross to protect themselves, and who lead a Christian, God-pleasing life according to the commandments of God.
After the Liturgy, all the worshippers were invited to the festal, meal after which an Akathist to Sts. Cyprian and Justina was served with the blessing of waters.
