His Holiness Patriarch Alexy Consecrates the Foundation Stone of the Church Dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God Called ‘Quick to Hearken’ in Lasnamjae
1.10.2003 · English, Архив 2003
HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH ALEXY CONSECRATES THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE CHURCH DEDICATED TO THE ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD CALLED ‘QUICK TO HEARKEN’ IN LASNAMJAE
On 30 September 2003 His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia consecrated the foundation stone of the Church dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God ‘Quick to Hearken’ in Lasnamjae – a district of Tallinn.
His Holiness was greeted by the head of the management of the Lasnamjae district Kalef Kallo. He noted that in this densely populated district of Tallinn, where 120 thousand people live, there was no church, to which they could come with their joys and sorrows.
After the Office of Consecration of the foundation stone His Holiness the Patriarch addressed those gathered in the Russian and Estonian languages. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church congratulated them with the beginning of the construction of the church and said: ‘The construction of the Church dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God called ‘Quick to Hearken’ in Lasnamjae will solve the problem of spiritual care for the numerous population of the district’. He thanked the local authorities for providing land for the construction of the church and wished the inhabitants of Lasnamjae God’s help through the prayers of the Heavenly Queen, Who quickly hearkens to the supplications of people.
Metropolitan Kornily of Tallinn and All Estonia addressed His Holiness the Patriarch and said: ‘It is a great joy for us, Your Holiness, that you blessed the beginning of the construction of this church’.
A miraculous Icon of the Mother of God called ‘Quick to Hearken’ will be the main sacred object of the new church. Earlier this Icon had been kept in the Representation Church of the Puhtica Convent. The church had been destroyed in the years of persecution, but Metropolitan Kornily managed to preserve the miraculous icon, which will be brought to the church when its construction is completed.
The consecration of the foundation stone of the Church dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God called ‘Quick to Hearken’ took place on a weekday, but many people have come to it. All of them were given small Vladimir icons of the Mother of God in prayerful memory.
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