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The Russian Orthodox Church will now be noted on 30 March, the St. Patrick’s Day, passes “Interfax”.
This was stated by the head of the Synodal Department for Church and society and the media Vladimir Legoyda.
“An important issue discussed during today’s meeting of the Holy Synod, was the inclusion in a calendar of the names of ancient saints who labored in the countries of Central and Western Europe until 1054. In total in a calendar included the names of more than a dozen saints who labored in Western countries, including Saint Patrick, enlightener of Ireland, better known among the faithful of our country as St. Patrick,” said he.
According to him, the formation of the list of saints was based on information about their worship of the Orthodox in Western European dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church, and also on the basis of the tradition of their veneration in other local Orthodox churches.
St. Patrick’s day is a public holiday in Ireland, Northern Ireland, on the island of Montserrat and the canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish Diaspora around the world, especially in the UK, Canada, USA, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand.