St. Nicholas’s relics at Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk Diocese

29 June – 2 July 2012, Pyatigorsk

On June 29th, thousands of worshipers from Pyatigorsk and other towns and villages of the North Caucasus met the great Orthodox sacred thing – the reliquary with the particle of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker arrived to the capital of the North Caucasian Federal District

At the Sobornaya square Bishop Theophylact of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk took over the sacred relicts from the hands of the priests of the Diocese. The relicts were met by the Bishop, priesthood and pilgrims together with the representatives of the administration and heads of the resort towns.

Meeting of the relicts

The reliquary with the relicts was in the church in the name of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of all who Sorrow”, at the territory of the Episcopal town residence – Spassky [the Saviour] Cathedral.

His Eminence Theophylact kisses the relicts

Saturday and Sunday the reliquary was transported to the social welfare and medical institutions: “Beshtau” nursing home for veterans of work at Inozemtsevo settlement and Municipal hospital No 1; people from there were not able to leave the institutions for reasons of health.

The sacred relicts were delivered to the Central Municipal Hospital

The arrival of the relicts became possible due to cooperation between Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk Diocese and the Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Charitable Foundation.

The reliquary with the particle of relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

During all period of staying, the relicts of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the capital of the North Caucasian Federal District the activists of the Orthodox youth organizations from Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk Diocese assisted the pilgrims arrived to Pyatigorsk to venerate sacred relicts; they distributed water and bread, helped disabled and old persons, children, responded to questions. About 35,000 worshipers in all had venerated the sacred relicts.

Activists of youth organizations help pilgrims

On July 2nd, residents of Pyatigorsk and visitors of the capital of the North Caucasian Federal District saw off the relicts of St Nicholas the Wonderworker back to Moscow.