Cross for the chapel built to commemorate soldiers killed in local conflicts consecrated in Nizni Novgorod

Rev. Ioann Grigoriev, Rector of the Protecting Veil Church in Shakhnie, consecrated the cross of the chapel built to commemorate soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Chechnya.

Among the present were: Viktor Piskozubov, Chairman of the Afgan and Chechen Veterans’ Council, representatives of the local authorities and O.Levin, a sponsor of the chapel.

The procession with the cross went from the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God to the chapel. Builders elevated the consecrated cross to the chapel’s dome.

According to Fr. Ioann, the construction of the chapel is almost completed. Some interior works are yet to be done. The icons and church are to be brought. The territory around the chapel will be equipped.

Press service

The Diocese of Nizhni Novgorod