{"id":156946,"date":"2017-02-15T10:24:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T08:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=156946\/"},"modified":"2017-02-15T10:24:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T08:24:58","slug":"poland-metropolitan-sawa-consecrates-renovated-church-of-suprasl-monastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/poland-metropolitan-sawa-consecrates-renovated-church-of-suprasl-monastery\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland: Metropolitan Sawa consecrates renovated church of Supra\u015bl Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"

His Beatitude Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland, consecrated Sunday the renovated church of St John the Theologian in\u00a0Supra\u015bl Lavra, orthodox.pl reports. In accordance with Church Tradition, a particle of the relics of the local Saint Gabriel of Bia\u0142ystok, martyred at the age of six in 1690 in Poland, was embedded in the altar.<\/p>\n

The church dedicated to Saint John the Theologian went through renovation for a long period beginning with 1993.<\/p>\n

After the consecration, the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy followed, over which the Primate of Poland presided. The following hierarchs concelebrated:\u00a0Archbishop James of Bia\u0142ostok and Gda\u0144sk, Bishop Gregory of Supra\u015bl, and Bishop Jerzy of\u00a0Siemiatycze.<\/p>\n

After the Divine Liturgy, a festive Moleben was also served to the Holy Hierarchs celebrated on February 12 according to the unrevised\u00a0Julian calendar.<\/p>\n

In his speech, His Beatitude Sawa referred to the constant efforts made in difficult times to reconstruct\u00a0Supra\u015bl Monastery. He expressed his wish and hope to consecrate the major church (katholikon) of the\u00a0Annunciation,\u00a0where frescoes are currently being restored.<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Sawa thanked all involved in the repairs of St John the Theologian church and the day\u2019s festivities. The Primate of the Polish Church went on reflecting on the day\u2019s Prodigal Son Gospel reading, calling all who have left the Church to return to their Mother, because \u201cthe Orthodox Church is the path to life and salvation.\u201d He recalled that the Orthodox Church survived in Poland only through the faith and sacrifice of their fathers, and thus the faithful are responsible for that which they received from their ancestors.<\/p>\n

The same day, His Grace Bishop Gregory of\u00a0Supra\u015bl celebrated his name day.<\/p>\n