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04 January 2019, 18:13

Metropolitan Pavel to hold vigil service in Holy Spirit Cathedral in Minsk on 6 January

MINSK, 4 January (BelTA) – Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavl Pavel, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus will hold a Christmas Eve vigil service in the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Minsk at 17.30 on 6 January, BelTA learned from the Minsk Eparchy of the Belarusian Orthodox Church.

The metropolitan will also administer a Divine Liturgy that will start in the cathedral at midnight.

Christmas services will be held in all Eastern Orthodox churches of Minsk. The schedule of Christmas services in Minsk and the district is available on the website of the Minsk Eparchy.

In line with a tradition, believers gather in a church on Christmas Eve and get ready to welcome one of the greatest Christian holidays – Christmas. A special Christmas service is usually administered in Belarusian Eastern Orthodox churches on 6 and 7 January.

Christmas is usually preceded by the Nativity Fast that runs 40 days in Eastern Orthodoxy. Christmas Eve is a strict fast day, on which no food should be eaten until the first star is seen in the evening sky, in commemoration of the Star of Bethlehem.

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