Synodal meeting of the Exarchate of Byelorussia held in Polotsk

SYNODAL MEETING OF THE EXARCHATE OF BYELORUSSIA HELD IN POLOTSK

On June 4, 2002, a meeting of the Synod of the Byelorussian Orthodox Church took place in the Polotsk Diocesian Administration to mark the 900th anniversary of St. Euphrosinia, patroness of the White Rus.

A message of His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, was read to the Synod, in which the Primate of the Mother-Church highly assessed the organization of his fifth primatial visit to the Exarchate of Byelorussia on 18-20 May.

Expressing their deep appreciation to His Holiness for his apostolic visitation, the participants thanked the Bishops of Minsk, Novogrudok and Pinsk for the excellent arrangement of the visit.

The Synod also thanked Archpriest Fyodor Povnoy, rector of the Parish of All Saints in Misnk, for his help in arranging the Patriarchal visit and for the successful completion of the House of Mercy in Minsk.

The Synod sent a message to all pastors, monastics and laity on the occasion of the 900th birthday of St. Euphrosinia, Hegumeness of Polotsk. The message was read out during the Divine Liturgy celebrated on June 5 in the Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross in St. Euphrosinia’s Convent of the Savior.

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