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On 17 June 2012, the feast of All the Saints Who Shone Forth in t6he Land of Russia, the Gorny Convent celebrated the dedication day.

All-Night Vigil was celebrated in the cathedral the day before by archpriest Viktor Mnoyan, a cleric of the convent; hieromonk Antoniy (Gutnik), secretary of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem; and hieromonk Innokentiy (Bespalov), a cleric of the convent.

Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), officiated at the Divine Liturgy on the day of the feast. Concelebrating were archimandrite Isidor, head of the Mission; and clerics of the Gorny Convent and the ROCOR. Praying at the Liturgy were hegumeness Elizaveta, mother superior of the Convent of St. Mary Magdalene in Gethsemane, and sisters of the convent, website of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem report. The festive procession with the cross was held after the divine service.

Archbishop Mark greeted worshippers with the feast, calling them to follow our saints in such virtues as meekness humility.