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March 9, 2010
18:43
Icon of the Great Martyr Pantaleon handed to St. Nicholas Community
The icon was brought from Mount Athos by Valentin Efremov, a famous Russian traveler.
12:20
Orthodox class for teachers of municipal educational institutions opens in Pavlovo Deanery
They will study the holy history of the Old and New Testaments, basics of Orthodox beliefs, and church history.
March 7, 2010
13:53
Two novices of the Krestovozdvizhensky Convent receive tonsure
The service was performed by Archbishop Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas.
13:50
Archbishop Georgy and Archbishop Jonathan officiate Divine Liturgy in Nizhny Novgorod
The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the third Sunday of Lent on March 7, which is called the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross.
March 6, 2010
19:00
Archbishop Georgy officiates Vespers with the rite of carrying out the Cross in Nizhny Novgorod
The service was co-officiated by clerics of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese.
15:01
Church singing begin to be taught at Lukoyanov Pedagogical College
The project was blessed by Archbishop Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas.
March 5, 2010
14:33
Members of kindergarten for military brats attend lecture on holiness
The lecture was delivered by Father Oleg Struchkov, Assistant Rural Dean of the Dalnee Konstantinovo district.
13:24
10 children of Zavolzhie children's home receive the Sacrament of Baptism
Zavolzhie Specialized Children's Home is a reception center to which children with physical disabilities come from the entire Nizhny Novgorod region.
March 4, 2010
22:41
Archbishop Georgy meets with the youth of Sarov
The main topic of the discussion was freedom.
16:37
Archbishop Georgy visits the town of Vyksa
The archbishop met with the head of the town, the deanery clergy, and students of Vyksa Spiritual College.
11:40
Nizhny Novgorod seminarians make pilgrimage to Murom
It has become an annual tradition and takes place precisely at the beginning of Lent.
March 3, 2010
20:56
Four novices receive monastic tonsure at the Iveron Convent
The tonsure was performed by Archbishop Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas.
17:33
Principal stage of the construction of St. Anthony Church in Dzerzhinsk finished
Archbishop Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas held a working meeting on further construction of the temple.
15:45
Archbishop Georgy officiates Divine Liturgy at the Convent of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The service was co-officiated by clerics of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese.
15:19
Archbishop Georgy holds press conference on the results of 2009
It was held in advance of an annual diocesan meeting.
March 2, 2010
15:23
The painting of Moscow Hierarchs Temple finished
The square of the painted surface is about 1000 sq. m.
15:06
Fyodor Ushakov's restored uniform consecrated in Sarov
February 24 was the 265th anniversary of the birth of this Russian admiral glorified as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church.
12:45
Former Chairman of Nizhny Novgorod Department of Russian Poets' Union departed this life
A memorial service for him is to be held in Nizhny Novgorod on March 3.
March 1, 2010
19:16
Archbishop Georgy holds meeting with public officials in Arzamas
Before the meeting, the ruling archbishop watched a performance given by pupils of an Arzamas orphanage.
18:48
Archbishop Georgy, "The restoration of Orthodoxy in Arzamas can be an example to other cities"
The ruling archbishop of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese summarized the results of his visit to Arzamas.
 
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March 9, 2010
Today the Orthodox Church commemorates first and second finding of the Honorable Head of St. John the Forerunner
After the second finding, the holy relic was transferred to Emesa, and later to Constantinople.
March 4, 2010
Today the Orthodox Church commemorates Saints Archippus, Philemon and Apphia, Apostles of the Seventy
They were students and companions of the holy Apostle Paul.
March 4 is the commemoration day of Sister Seraphima (Bulgakova) of Diveyevo
She was one of the Diveyevo convent's nuns who lived to see the beginning of its restoration.
March 3, 2010
March 3 is the commemoration day of Archbishop Flavian of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas
He reposed in the Lord on March 3, 1977 on his Name Day.
March 2, 2010
Today is the commemoration day of Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
The glorification of Patriarch Hermogenes as a saint occurred on May 12, 1913.
February 28, 2010
Today is the commemoration day of St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica
Saint Gregory Palamas was one of the last Holy Fathers.
February 26, 2010
Today is the commemoration day of Sts Martinian, Zoe, and Photina
St Martinian was granted the gift of healing illnesses and casting out demons.
February 25, 2010
February 25 is the commemoration day of the Icon of the Mother of God "Iveron"
This icon is one of the most venerated icons in the Orthodox Church.
February 21, 2010
Today the Orthodox Church commemorates the Triumph of Orthodoxy
This celebration was established in 843 in memory of the final defeat of Iconoclasm and other heresies.
February 18, 2010
February 18 is the commemoration day of Saint Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov
The glorification of St Theodosius occurred on September 9, 1896.
February 17, 2010
Today the Church commemorates St. George II of Vladimir, founder of Nizhny Novgorod
The Church glorification of the saint occurred in 1645.
February 16, 2010
February 16 is the commemoration day of St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan
After half a century of St Nicholas' missionary work, 266 communities of the Japanese Orthodox Church were founded.
February 15, 2010
Lent begins for Orthodox Christians today
This is the time of especially zealous prayer.
February 14, 2010
Today is Forgiveness Sunday
On this day after the Vespers, a special rite of forgiveness takes place at temples.
The commemoration day of the Meeting of our Lord
In 2010 the Feast of the Meeting of our Lord is celebrated on February 14.
February 12, 2010
February 12 is the Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom
The three hierarchs appeared to St John the Bishop of Euchaita and said that they were equal before God.