Celebrations to honour Prince Vladimir in St. Catherine’s in Rome

  On July 28, 2015, the Russian Orthodox Church commemorated the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles. This year the Church also marks the millennium of the demise of the Baptist of Rus’.

On the eve of the feast, Matins with the Polyeleos was celebrated at the church of the Holy Protomartyr Catherine in Rome and on the feast day itself the rector of the church Archimandrite Anthony (Sevryuk), secretary of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in Rome, and Hieromonk Athanasy (Potapov) celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the lower church dedicated to Ss Constantine and Helen Equal-to-the-Apostles.

After the liturgy, the praise was sung to St Vladimir at his icon, after which Father Anthony delivered a sermon, the website the church of the Holy Protomartyr Catherine in Rome reports.

Source: Moscow Patriarchate