Patriarch Kirill awarded the Governor of Ugra, order of the ROC

Patriarch Kirill

The Governor of Ugra Natalia Komarova received the order of “Glory and Honor” of the I degree of the Russian Orthodox Church for assistance in the construction of the Church of the Holy Trinity Kondinsk Trinity monastery in the village of October, according to ugra-news.ru.

A decree on conferring the order was signed by the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill, presented the award to the Bishop of Ugra and Nagaski Photios. “Natalia does a lot for Yugra. Thank you for being an active part to our historical monastery and the promotion of its revival,” — said during the solemn ceremony of consecration of bells, Bishop Photios.

Holy Trinity Church — one of the few surviving examples of stone cultural architecture on the territory of Western Siberia, is a monument of architecture of the first half of the XVIII century. Initially, when the Church operated monastery, later he became a female. In the Soviet era religious building was looted. Work on its restoration began in 2010 year.

Order “Glory and Honor” was established on 25 March 2004. It’s the second order of ROC. His motto is the words of the Holy Apostle Paul, “Glory and honor everyone who does good”.

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