JERUSALEM: May 25, 2017
Bishop Agapit of Stuttgart Leads Feast-Day Celebrations at Ascension of the Lord Convent on the Mt of Olives (Photo-Report)

On Thursday, May 25, 2017, the day of the Ascension of the Lord, His Grace Bishop Agapit of Stuttgart, Vicar of the German Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, led divine services at Ascension of the Lord Convent on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. He was joined by Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky), Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, and his clergymen, with a large gathering of monastics and pilgrims from throughout the Russian diaspora.