Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga to officiate a service in a church on the ExpoForum territory

The Church of the Smolensk Hodigitria Icon of the Theotokos, or “She who leads the way”, is celebrating its patronal festival on August 10. An all-night vigil will take place the day before.

The ceremonial service will be led by His Eminence Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga. It will take place today, on August 9, starting at 17:00.

The Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Theotokos is a perfect copy of the cathedral built on the Pulkovo Heights upon the project of Jacomo Quarenghi in 1785, during the reign of Catherine II. In the times of the Great Patriotic War, it was destroyed. When planning the construction of the ExpoForum, a project of the church’s replication upon the original drafts was suggested. Since 2016, services have regularly been held there.

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Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga to officiate a service in a church on the ExpoForum territory

The Church of the Smolensk Hodigitria Icon of the Theotokos, or “She who leads the way”, is celebrating its patronal festival on August 10. An all-night vigil will take place the day before.

The ceremonial service will be led by His Eminence Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga. It will take place today, on August 9, starting at 17:00.

The Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Theotokos is a perfect copy of the cathedral built on the Pulkovo Heights upon the project of Jacomo Quarenghi in 1785, during the reign of Catherine II. In the times of the Great Patriotic War, it was destroyed. When planning the construction of the ExpoForum, a project of the church’s replication upon the original drafts was suggested. Since 2016, services have regularly been held there.

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