“Russia” brought the Holy Fire to St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region
April 24, 2022, AEX.RU – Airline «Russia» delivered from Moscow to St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, lit in Jerusalem in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ on Great Saturday on the eve of the Easter feast of the Holy Fire. Scheduled flight SU 6016 landed at Pulkovo airport at 01.20 Moscow time, the press service of the air carrier reports.
The arrival of the reason is so late because the Holy Fire was brought from Jerusalem by a delegation of the St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation at the Moscow Vnukovo airport at 23.00 Moscow time. Attachment of the Holy Fire in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region this year, with the blessing of Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, funding for the development of the Leningrad Region was received as part of Rossiya Airlines. Working group of the population Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region Sergei Konyaev.
Rossiya Airlines, which has an extensive route network, the regularity of the spread of the fertile fire by regular flights, such as St. Petersburg, and other cities of the North-Western country.
In the airoport Pulkovo a solemn meeting of the Holy Fire was held on the platform with the participation of representatives of the St. Petersburg Metropolis, the cleric of the Kazan Cathedral, priest Alexy Dorofeev, St. Petersburg and regional media. From there, he handed over to Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg and Ladoga for festive theology at the Kazan Cathedral.