The Cross of Euphrosyne of Polotsk has arrived in Vitebsk
The Cross of Saint Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk, will be located in the Holy Assumption Cathedral (Krylova St., 9) until March 15.
While the cross is in the cathedral, akathists will be read: after the morning service – the akathist to Saint Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk; at 12:00 PM – the akathist to the Honoured and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord; at 3:00 PM – to Saint Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk; after the evening service – the akathist to the Honoured and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.
The holy relic was delivered to Vitebsk exactly at noon. Many townspeople came to the solemn reception at the Holy Assumption Cathedral.
The altar cross was created by order of Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk for the Saviour Monastery in Polotsk by the master Lazar Bohsha in 1161. During the Great Patriotic War, the Cross of Saint Euphrosyne disappeared without a trace. An exact copy was recreated by the Brest artist-jeweler Nikolai Kuzmich in 1997. On the eve of the world Exaltation of the Honoured and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the recreated Cross of Euphrosyne was solemnly brought to the Polotsk Saviour Monastery.
While the cross is in the cathedral, akathists will be read: after the morning service – the akathist to Saint Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk; at 12:00 PM – the akathist to the Honoured and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord; at 3:00 PM – to Saint Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk; after the evening service – the akathist to the Honoured and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.
The holy relic was delivered to Vitebsk exactly at noon. Many townspeople came to the solemn reception at the Holy Assumption Cathedral.
The altar cross was created by order of Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk for the Saviour Monastery in Polotsk by the master Lazar Bohsha in 1161. During the Great Patriotic War, the Cross of Saint Euphrosyne disappeared without a trace. An exact copy was recreated by the Brest artist-jeweler Nikolai Kuzmich in 1997. On the eve of the world Exaltation of the Honoured and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the recreated Cross of Euphrosyne was solemnly brought to the Polotsk Saviour Monastery.