Assisted by a synaxis of priests and deacons of the Metropolitan Cathedral, His Eminence Vladimir, Metropolitan of Chisinau and all Moldova celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Nativity of the Lord Cathedral in Chisinau.
The clergy prayed in the presence of numerous church-goers, gathered at the holy shrine to give worship to God and call the heavenly intercession of our most Holy Lady Theotokos at her Odigitria icon, Great Martyr George, and Great Martyr Demetrius, at the shrine with their relics, brought from the Xenophontos Monastery in Mount Athos.
During the Divine Lityrgy, Metropolitan Vladimir officiated the diaconal ordination of Ion Tudor, graduate of Theological Academy, who was appointed to ecclesiastical ministry in the church of St. John Baptiser in Buiucani sector of Chisinau.
The metropolitan congratulated all schoolchildren, their parents, and teachers, on the beginning of the new school year, wishing them spiritual wisdom on for a life in communion, mutual appreciation and love.
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