The New Pastoral Year

The new pastoral year in the Archdiocese will begin on 27 September. The Church in Russia has declared this year the Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Mother of the Word of God. The year will conclude with a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and the installation of an icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth on 25 March 2021. In connection with this, a pilgrimage of the icon of the Virgin Mary – Mother of the Word of God – will take place in the parishes. Anyone wishing to host the icon is asked to leave their contact details in the sacristy.