On July 13 and 14, the Moldovan Metropolitan Church will stage the 15th Cross and Repentance Road in Chisinau on the occasion of the commemoration of Stephan the Great and Holy, IPN reports.
At 7am on July 13, a litany service will be given in the yard of the wooden church “Protection of the Mother of God” at the City’s Gates in Botanica district. The procession will set off at 10am. The column will stop at the following churches: “Birth of the Mother of God” in Ciocana – 12 noon; “Saint Lazarus” (Saint Lazarus Cemetery – “Doina”) – 3pm; “Birth of Saint John the Baptist” on Petricani St – 5:30pm; “Saint John the Baptist” on Soseaua Balcani St – 7:30pm.
On July 14, Vespers and Matins will be held at the “Saint Hierarch Nicolae” Church in Durlesti town – 10pm, the Divine Liturgy at the “Saint Pious Paraskeva” Church on Grenoble St – 2am, at the “God’s Birth” Metropolitan Cathedral in Central Chisinau – 9:30am.
“The Rod Cross is that event that unites the people and makes them stronger before serious challenges and dangers. Such kind of pilgrimage is based on the road covered by Christ the Savior towards Golgotha, which was followed by the Triumph of his Resurrection,” it is said on the official website of the Moldovan Metropolitan Church.
