Delegation of ROCOR to make a pilgrimage to holy places of Russia

On July 8-25, the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia headed by its first hierarch Metropolitan Hilarion will visit the RF, reports the ROCOR press-service.

The tour is timed to the hundredth anniversary of the Russian revolution and the tenth anniversary of uniting with the Moscow Patriarchate. The believers will visit dozens of holy places in different regions of Russia. They will venerate the shrines of Moscow, Murom, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Ryazan, Crimea and visit the Holy Trinity - St. Sergius Lavra, the Optina and the Vyshenskaya Hermitages.

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