Metropolitan Alexander celebrated the Liturgy before the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovichi and offered prayers for the well-being of Kazakhstan

August 5, 2024. Belarus. The head of the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan, Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, visiting the shrines of Belarus at the invitation of Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the main church of the Assumption Zhirovichi Monastery.

The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan was assisted by: the abbot of the Assumption Zhirovichi Monastery, honorary trustee of the Minsk Theological Seminary, Archbishop Guriy of Novogrudok and Slonim; Archbishop Amfilohiy of Ust-Kamenogorsk and Semipalatinsk; Bishop Avksentiy of Nesvizh, Vicar of the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus; Rector of the Minsk Theological Seminary Archpriest Viktor Vasilevich, the monastery brethren in holy orders.

After the Liturgy, the Metropolitan Bishop performed a service at the main shrine of the Belarusian land - the miraculous Zhirovich Icon of the Mother of God. The hierarch offered special prayers for the archpastors, pastors, monastics and laity of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District, for the peace and prosperity of the Kazakhstan land, the President, the authorities, the army and the people of the Republic.