Moleben celebrated at construction site of first Russian church in Portugal

 

On 20^th July 2020, to conclude his visit to Portugal, Metropolitan Antony of Chersonesus and Western Europe, Patriarchal Exarch for Western Europe, visited the town of Cascais.

Together with Archbishop Nestor of Madrid and Lisbon he inspected a plot of land that had been purchased earlier by the Parish of St. John Chrysostom for the purpose of building a church there.

Hegumen Peter (Prutyanu), cleric of the parish, showed to the hierarchs a design of the future church complex and told about the steps being taken to obtain the approval of the town authorities for the construction.

Metropolitan Antony celebrated a Moleben Before the Beginning of a Good Work and wished the workers God’s help in building the first Russian church in the Portuguese land, website of the diocese of Chersonesus reports.

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