the Divine Liturgy took place in the temple of the martyr Ignatius of the God-bearer at the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Damascus

On January 7, 2019, on the feast of the Nativity of Christ, the Divine Liturgy took place in the temple of the martyr Ignatius of the God-bearer at the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Damascus. With the blessing of His Beatitude the Patriarch of Great Antioch and the whole East, Bishop Moses of Darai committed it. Vladyka Moses was co-served by a clergyman of the Cathedral of the Antioch Orthodox Church in Damascus, priest Matta Haddad and a representative of the Patriarch of Moscow under the Patriarch of Antioch, Hegumen Arseny (Sokolov) . The temporary charge d'affaires of Russia in Syria, EM, took part in the Christmas service. Kurbanov, abbess of the convent in Maaloule (Orthodox Church of Antioch), Abbess Pelagia (Sayyaf), coordinator of the Russian public organization “Forty forties” AB Kormukhin, President of the Russian Charitable Foundation apostle paul va Lantsev, employees of the Russian Embassy in Syria, as well as children of the Russian Orthodox Church, living in the Syrian capital. At the end of the service, Bishop Moses warmly congratulated the community of the Mission on Christmas. For his part, Abbot Arseny thanked Bishop Moses for celebrating the Christmas service in the Church of the Representation and presented him with an icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov with a particle of the relics of the saint for his prayerful memory. Then, in the reception hall of the Representative Office, a tea party was prepared by the parishioners of the temple.