The clergy, Orthodox believers, residents and guests of the Tver region will take part in the procession.
On June 1, the XXV Great Volga Cross Procession will begin in the Tver region. This year its main theme is “Fatherhood and Motherhood – a blessed gift of God.”
“The shrine of the Procession of the Cross is an icon of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Mikhail of Tverskoy and the Holy Blessed Princess and Nun Anna Kashinskaya with particles of their relics. The religious procession, according to tradition, will begin from the source of the Volga in the village of Volgoverkhovye, Ostashkovsky district. There will be a Divine Liturgy, the rite of minor blessing of water, and a concert program will be organized,”
– reported in the Tver diocese.
The Volga religious procession will end on June 14 in Kalyazin.
Procession schedule
June 1st – Ostashkovsky district, Source of the Volga, Olgin Monastery
10.00. Divine Liturgy.
11.30. Small consecration of water at the source of the Volga. Official part.
12.30. The beginning of the concert.
14.00. Departure of the procession.
district Novinki (chapel)
16.00. Prayer service for the beginning of the water journey. Departure to the village of Sosnitsa.
Sosnitsa village
18.00. Evening worship.
18.30-19.00. Meeting of the procession.
2 June.
10.00. Liturgy.
12.00. Departure of the procession by boat from the village of Sosnitsa.
Zapolek village
13.30. Arrival in the village of Zapolek. Prayer service in the chapel of the Royal Passion-Bearers.
village Klimova Gora
Visit to Trinity Church in the village of Klimova Gora, prayer service.
village Nikolo-Rozhok
Arrival of the religious procession in the village of Nikolo-Rozhok. Prayer service in the Assumption Church.
Monastery of Nilova Pustyn
19.00. Meeting of the procession at the bishop’s pier. Evening worship.
June 3
09.00. Liturgy.
11.00. Procession around the island.
15.30. Farewell to the procession in Peno.
Penovsky district, Peno
17.00. Meeting of the procession at the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh. Evening worship.
18.30. Procession to the source of the river. Western Dvina.
19.30. Small consecration of the river’s source. Western Dvina.
20.00. Procession to the border of the village.
20.30. Departure of the procession to the village of Selizharovo.
June 4
Selizharovo district, Selizharovo village
08.00. Meeting of the procession at the border of the village.
09.00. Liturgy.
11.00. Procession events.
13.00. Seeing off the procession to the border of the village of Selizharovo.
Yeltsy village
15.00. Prayer service in the Church of the Intercession (metochion of the Zhitenny Monastery, Tver diocese).
Rzhevsky district, Rzhev
17.00. Meeting of the procession at the Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. Procession.
18.30. Blessing of water prayer or evening service in Okovets Cathedral.
June 5
09.00. Liturgy in the Okovets Cathedral.
15.00. Seeing off the procession from the Okovets Cathedral to the river. Volga, small bridge and departure to Zubtsov.
Zubtsovsky district, Zubtsov
16.30. Meeting the procession on the shore opposite the Assumption Church.
17.00. Evening worship. Departure to Staritsa.
June 6
Staritsa
09.00. Liturgy at the Staritsky Assumption Monastery.
12.30. Departure to Tver. Meeting of the procession in Tver.
13.30. Assumption Cathedral of the former Otroch Monastery. Prayer service.
14.30. Departure of the procession from the pier of the River Station.
Kalininsky district
16.30. Meeting of the procession at the monastery pier of the Ascension Orshin Monastery.
17.00. All-night vigil.
June 7
09.00. Liturgy at the Ascension Orsha Monastery.
14.00. Seeing off the procession.
Konakovsky district, village. Gorodnya-on-Volga
16.00. Meeting of the procession. Evening worship.
June 8
With. Sverdlovo
09.00. Liturgy at the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross.
12.00. Seeing off the procession.
Konakovo
17.00. Meeting the procession at the pier. Procession through the city.
Evening service at the Church of St. blgv. led book Anna Kashinskaya.
the 9th of June
9.00. Liturgy at the Church of the 40 Martyrs in Konakovo.
16.00. Prayer service in the village Dmitrova Mountain, temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
June 10th
Sergiev Posad diocese, Moscow region, Dubninsky district
09.00. Liturgy.
13.00-13.30. Seeing off the procession.
Kimry district, Kimry
16.00. Meeting of the procession at the central pier. Procession through the city to the Ascension Church.
17.00. All-night vigil in the Ascension Church.
June 11
09.00. Liturgy in the Transfiguration Cathedral.
14.30. Farewell to the religious procession in the village of Bely Gorodok.
Bely Gorodok village
16.00. Meeting of the procession at the Temple of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God. Festive program in the cultural center.
18.00. Evening worship.
12 June
9.00. Liturgy in the Jerusalem Church in Bely Gorodok.
13.00. Seeing off the procession.
Kashinsky district, Kashin
16.00. Meeting the procession on the shore. Procession to the Ascension Cathedral. All-night vigil.
June 13
09.00. Liturgy.
13.00. Seeing off the procession.
Kalyazinsky district
Meeting at the yacht club. Procession to the Ascension Church.
Evening service at the Ascension Church.
June 14
09.00. Liturgy in the Ascension Church in Kalyazin.
13.00. Ceremonial events.
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