Thursday, 10 June 2021, on the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova visited the Monastery of Noul Neamț in Chițcani, Slobozia region, to celebrate the Patron Feast of the settlement.
The celebrations started with the Divine Liturgy. Archimandrite Paisie (Cecan), the superior monk, together with the inhabitants of the monastic community and guest clerics, assisted the arch-pastor at the Service.
After the Divine Liturgy, the liturgical community followed Metropolitan Vladimir in a cross procession around the monastery.
The metropolitan then visited the shrine with the relics of the Bishop Dorimedont (Cecan), to officiate a Litany for the reposed arch-pastor.
Culminating the celebration, Metropolitan Vladimir addressed a message of congratulation to the monastic community, thanking the monastics and the pilgrims for preserving and embellishment of this spiritual and cultural centre of Moldovan Orthodoxy.
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