Liturgy on the Memorial Day of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian at the place of his burial near Ephesus
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The Divine Liturgy was celebrated on the memorial day of the Apostle and evangelist John the Theologian at the place of his burial near Ephesus

On October 9, the day of the repose of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, Priest Georgy Sergeyev, responsible for the care of Russian-speaking believers in the territory of the Turkish Republic, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church at the burial place of the holy apostle in the Turkish town of Selcuk near Ephesus.

Numerous pilgrims who arrived from Istanbul, Izmir, Kusadasi, Cesme and Bodrum prayed during the service.

At the end of the Liturgy, Father George preached a sermon. The priest thanked the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey for the permission to perform the divine service, as well as the chairman of the Solzhenitsyn Russian Society of Culture A. Ponomarev for his help in organizing the pilgrimage of believers.