In Kursk from the Root Hermitage arrived the icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" Kursk-Root

Published 26.09.2023 · Updated 28.09.2023

25 September, on the day of the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a traditional procession with a revered list of the icon of the Mother of God "Sign" of Kursk-Korennaya from the Korennaya Pustyn Monastery to the Znamensky Monastery of Kursk took place. In connection with recent events and for security reasons, the procession through the streets of the regional center did not take place.

Early in the morning in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Root Desert, Metropolitan Herman of Kursk and Rylsk and Bishop Paisius of Zheleznogorsk and Lgovsky celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the co-service of the clergy of the metropolis..

Abbesses and sisters from Kursk monasteries prayed during the divine service., students of the Kursk Orthodox Theological Seminary, parishioners and pilgrims. At the end of the Liturgy, the clergy and worshippers in procession with the holy image reached the. Zhernovets, Zolotukhinsky District, then the shrine was transported to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign.

At the gates of the cathedral, the icon was greeted by the governor of the region, Roman Starovoit, Representatives of regional and city authorities, Kurians and pilgrims, Participants of the procession.

Metropolitan Herman celebrates a solemn moleben to the Mother of God in concelebration with the clergy. At the end of the service, the archpastor congratulated the leadership of the region and the city, all those praying on the feast in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, thanked all the participants of the procession for the conciliar prayer, who was especially hot and diligent today. Vladyka Herman recalled that, that the history of Kursk and its revival are inextricably linked with the image of the Mother of God "of the Sign" of the Kursk-Root. Addressing the Worshippers, Metropolitan Herman noted: «Dear brothers and sisters,, in this troubling time, We must remain calm and united, keep peace in your soul, so that no events frighten us, and pray unceasingly for our God-preserved country, about the authorities, about the army, about, that the Lord may strengthen the soldiers, of our defenders, He has bestowed prosperity on all of us, peaceful life and security to our Fatherland».