16 In June, a procession will be held with the icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" of the Kursk-Root
16 June, on the 9th Friday after Easter, there will be a traditional religious procession with a venerated copy of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" from the Znamensky Monastery in the city of Kursk to the Root of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary male hermitage.
The program of the procession
08:00 – Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign. Kursk
11:00 – procession through Red Square along Lenin Street to Perekalsky Square
11:45 – The icon is installed in the car, Pilgrims are seated on buses to move to the village. Zhernovets, Zolotukhinsky District
12:50 – 13:40 – The movement of the procession from D. Zhernovets do s. Tazovo
14:10 – 15:00 – after the rest of the participants, the transition of the procession from the Church of Our Lady of the Sign to the. Tazovo to the Church of St. Mary. Joachim and Anna in s. Long
15:00 – the approach of the procession to the church of Saints Joachim and Anna in s. Long. The icon is greeted by the leaders of the region, City, Guests of the fair
15:30 – entrance to the monastery of the Root Hermitage
15:35 – 15:50 – prayer service in front of the icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" on the cathedral square of the monastery