On 13 June 2012, a delegation of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus visited the St. Petersburg Theological schools.<\/p>\n
Bishop Amvrosiy of Gatchina, rector of the schools, received the delegation heads by Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Kition and Metropolitan Isaias of Tamassos and Oreini.<\/p>\n
The guests visited the Church of St. John the Theological and venerated its shrines.<\/p>\n
Metropolitan Chrysostomos celebrated a prayer service. The male choir conducted by hieromonk Matfei (Sharov) sang.<\/p>\n
After the prayer service, Metropolitan Chrysostomos addressed the rector and the worshippers and donated two icons of St. Lazarus. The shrine with a particle of his relics was presented to the Russian Orthodox Church during the recent visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Cyprus.<\/p>\n
Bishop Amvrosiy greeted the guests on behalf of faculty and students and told them about the history of the church and its main shrine, a \u201cSign\u201d icon of the Mother of God.<\/p>\n
The guests saw the assembly hall and attending the defence of diplomas by the students of the icon-painting department. Metropolitan Chrysostomos appreciated quality of the presented works and reminded the graduates of the spiritual component of icon-painting.<\/p>\n
The delegation visited the museum and saw exhibitions dedicated to the late Patriarch Alexy II, Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), and also to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.<\/p>\n
Members of the delegation are planning to see the religious, historical and cultural sites of St. Petersburg, website of the St. Petersburg Orthodox Theological Academy reports.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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