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On the day of memory of St. Seraphim of Sarov, Bishop Ignatius celebrated the Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Glubokoetranslated

August 1, 2026 · 1 min read

On August 1, on the feast of the discovery of the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov, the miracle worker (1903), Bishop Ignatius of Polotsk and Glubokoe led the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the city of Glubokoe.

At the gates of the cathedral, the bishop was greeted by the chairman of the regional Council of Deputies, Vera Mikhailovna Telitsa.

At the walls of the temple, Bishop Ignatius was solemnly greeted with a loaf and flowers by the deputy chairman of the parish council, Igor Viktorovich Kukhtov and Lyudmila Mikhailovna Kulikovskaya.

Along the colorful flower path, the archpastor, parishioners and guests of the holiday walked to the temple.

During the Liturgy, His Eminence was concelebrated by: Secretary of the Polotsk Diocese Archpriest Alexander Petlitsky, Dean of the Glubokoye Church District Archpriest Mikhail Izoitko, Dean of the Braslav Church District Archpriest Mikhail Koleda, Archpriest Sergius Gramyko, Hieromonk Aristarkh (Sharobayko), Archpriest Pyotr Baranovsky, Archpriest Kirill Morozov, Donetsk and Mariupol diocese, Priest Dimitry Mozheiko, Priest Alexander Stotik, Deacon John Kamenkov.

Liturgical hymns were performed by the choir of the Glubokoe Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed...

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Agnieszka Kaczmarek
It's good that Bishop Ignacy celebrated the Liturgy there, in Wiedzle. I noticed that among the concelebrators was Father Michał Izoitko - I remember how we once sang with him at a joint choir festival in Brest. And the flower path in front of the church must have looked nice, we also do this in Hajnówka for major holidays.
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