Russian Patriarch releases doves at Annunciation liturgy
On April 7th (equivalent to March 25th on the Western calendar), the Russian Orthodox Church observed the Feast of the Annunciation. This holy day is one of the twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church.
On April 7th (equivalent to March 25th on the Western calendar), the Russian Orthodox Church observed the Feast of the Annunciation. This holy day is one of the twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church. Every year since 1993, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia has celebrated this divine liturgy in the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kremlin. For more than one hundred and fifty years, the Annunciation Cathedral was the family church of Moscow's great princes and tzars. Now it is opened for liturgies just once a year on the occasion of the Feast of the Annunciation.
In his homily during the divine liturgy, Patriarch Kirill invited all believers to pray to the Queen of Heaven for women and mothers "on whose shoulders falls a heavy ministry", so that they continue to remain the strong, spiritual foundation of society.
After the divine liturgy, following a long-established Muscovite tradition, Patriarch Kirill released two doves out of the Cathedral doors. In the Russian Orthodox tradition, this symbol represents the Annunciation and the freedom from sin and death that Jesus brought humanity through His Incarnation.
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