In the Donskoy monastery prayed for the return home of Andrew Stenina
Hegumen Nikon (Golovko) on Wednesday made in the Donskoy monastery in Moscow moleben to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker on health and safe return home of photographer MIA " Russia today " Andrew Stenina, disappeared in Ukraine.
at the Liturgy in the Great Church of the monastery was attended by several dozen people - reporters, colleagues Andrew Stenina, friends and acquaintances." Nicholas the Wonderworker, knowing it is near the intercession and help of the people, it is customary to pray in times of trouble and, of course, missing in the 1st turn, " said the Abbot Nikon.
Addressing the gathering after the prayer, the priest said that " the God of each person leads the fate of his Providence."
" is this craft for us it seems incomprehensible, sometimes even hard. Not always we can accept it, because judged purely earthly, worldly, we see only what our eyes see - neither forward, century, or back in the century we are Not open. But God knows all. Rely on the mercy of God, because, no matter what the test person was Not here on Earth, God is always trying about the fact, that the soul of man escaped, reached sainthood, reached the Heavenly Kingdom, " said the priest.
upon completion of the prayer Hegumen Nikon have read a special prayer for peace in Ukraine and all Slavic peoples, which the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill blessed to read daily to the faithful, and in all churches of the Russian Orthodox Church.
" Let's pray again and again about the unification of the Slavic peoples. Do not look for enemies in those who are we, really, has the ability to be far, But brothers, cousins, second cousins, Not to mention the fact that we are all in Adam, brothers and sisters, " said the Abbot.
Andrey Stenin, who worked in the East of Ukraine, does Not communicate with the 5th of August. Sources reported that he could be detained by the Ukrainian law enforcers, but Kiev has Not officially confirmed. The Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine August eleven accepted the message about the missing journalist. The Commissioner of the NSDC of Ukraine on Wednesday said that the Ministry has No data about the life Stenina.
Donskoy Monastery, founded in 1591, received its name in honor of the Donskaya icon of the Mother of God, which, according to legend, in 1380 Sergius of Radonezh blessed the army of Prince Dmitry Donskoy in the Kulikovo battle. The monastery was erected on the spot where the Russian army was expecting a fight with the Tatar hordes, and there was a small camp Church with the don icon of the virgin.
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