Sunday services at the Intercession Academic Church

On August 7, the eighth Sunday after Pentecost, the Church commemorates the Assumption of St. righteous Anna, a grandmother of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Two apocryphal texts, The Proto-Gospel of James and The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, describe the life of St. Anna and her husband, St. righteous Joachim. The main idea is to bring the reader to the event of the birth of Virgin Mary, Who gave birth to Christ. 

There was no more information about their lives after the righteous parents brought the Blessed Virgin to the Temple. However, the Church commemorates their names calling them the God-fathers as they were parents of Jesus’s mother. The life of Sts. righteous Joachim and Anna acquires special significance and incomparable value in the eyes of a Christian. Thanks to their faith and attitude the Incarnation of the Savior was possible.

On August 6, Archimandrite Hilarion (Forkavets) led the All-night Vigil at the Intercession Academic Church co-served by teachers and students in the priesthood. On Sunday, Archimandrite Hilarion performed the Divine Liturgy.

After to the Sacrament verse, Priest Alexy Kotelnikov, Head of the MThA additional education department, delivered a sermon.

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Clergy served at the All-night Vigil: Archimandrite Hilarion (Forkavets), Hieromonk Varnava (Losev), Hieromonk Athanasius (Italo), Hieromonk Procopius (Rudchenko), Hierodeacon Ioannikius (Padjan), Hierodeacon Job (Urum), Deacon Sergius Dragan.

Clergy served at the Divine Liturgy: Archimandrite Hilarion (Forkavets), Hieromonk Varnaba (Losev), Priest Alexy Kotelnikov, Priest Valery Dukhanin, Hieromonk Athanasius (Italo), Hieromonk Procopius (Rudchenko), Hierodeacon Ioannikius (Padjan), Hierodeacon Job (Urum), Deacon Sergius Dragan.

Chanting performed by a students’ choir of the MThA theological courses.

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