Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Monastery of the Root Hermitage

21 September 2023 of the year,on the day of the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and the Ever-Virgin Mary, The Root of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary male hermitage celebrated its patronal feast.

In the cathedral church of the monastery, Metropolitan Herman of Kursk and Rylsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the co-service of the vicar Igumen Seraphim (Kotelnikova), monks of the monastery in holy orders.

At the end of the liturgy, a procession around the cathedral and a festive prayer service took place.

The head of the archdiocese congratulated Abbot Seraphim, the brethren and all those who pray on the patronal feast of this ancient holy monastery of the Kursk land, where the Most Holy Theotokos revealed a special veil, giving us His miraculous image "The Sign", and preached, dedicated to the holiday. Vladyka Herman also reminded, what 25 September, in the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the Monastery of the Root Desert to the Znamensky Cathedral g. Kursk will perform a traditional procession with the revered list of the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God "Sign".

On the grave of the remembered Bishop Benjamin (Koroleva) Metropolitan Herman performed a funeral litany.

Source: website of the Kursk diocese