Bread-salt in Japanese for Patriarch Cyril!

On September 15, 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visited the Cathedral Church of the Sendai diocese , where he performed a prayer for the holy equal apostle Nikolai Japanese. The Primate of the Russian Church handed over to the rectors of the parishes of the dioceses, who suffered last year from a destructive earthquake and tsunami, certificates for the receipt of church utensils.

“Let the Lord store you all, my dear, and you keep the Orthodox faith, raise your children and grandchildren in it; With your life, with your actions and words, continue the great work of St. Nicholas, the Archbishop of Japanese, ”the Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill said in conclusion.

It should be noted that the Japanese flock met the Holy Bread and Salt, but with Japanese specificity, the girls were not in Russian sundresses, but in the traditional Japanese kimono. It is pleased that there were many young people, children on the prayer, which indicates the continuation of the case of Equal -to -the -Apostles of Nikolai Japanese, the Russian Holy Japanese Orthodox Church. All believers who came to the temple on this day, were distributed by the image of the holy enlightener of Japan of Equal -to -the -Apostles of Nicholas.

The archbishop of the Sendaisky Seraphim, the clergy of the Japanese Church, members of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, accompanying the Holy Patriarch, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Japan E.V. prayed behind the prayer service. Afanasyev.

On behalf of the Orthodox Japanese, the Archbishop of the Sendaisky Seraphim (Tsuji Nobor) thanked the Orthodox believers of Russia and personally Holy Patriarch for the help and support of the victims of his diocese during this terrible element.

“From myself, from all the clergy and flocks of the diocese, I thank you again and again for the help provided,” continued Archbishop of the Sendaisky Seraphim. - On your initiative, the Russian Orthodox Church, Russian believers raised funds. For us, this is a huge help. ” “This disaster taught us a lot,” said Vladyka Seraphim, recalling that efforts to help those who fell into trouble contributed to strengthening communication and spiritual ties between Russian and Japanese believers, between strangers. “So we are connected by the love of Christ,” the Japanese hierarch testified, turning to the Holy Patriarch Cyril with a request to pray for the Japanese people.

On the same day, the Primate of the Russian Church visited the Araham area on the Pacific coast near the city of Sentai. On March 11, 2011, this district was flooded due to the tsunami, many local residents died.

At the monument to the victims of the natural disaster, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church made a memorial prayer for the dead, at the end of which the word said:

“Here, on this coast, several Orthodox churches were destroyed. Among the dead were Orthodox people, people of the same faith with me. But in this misfortune you were all one family.

When we saw the terrible paintings of a moving giant wave in Russia, which, here, in this place, swept off houses, cars, people, we felt the whole depth of your suffering. I turned to people to respond to this misfortune, and glad that they responded. But we remember that at one time the Japanese people responded to our misfortune when an earthquake on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands occurred.

From the bottom of my heart I want to wish you physical and mental strength, the healing of the wounds that were inflicted, the speedy restoration of your dwellings and normal life. I am glad that today, on the second day of my stay in Japan, I had the opportunity to come here in order to see you, say these words and at the same time at this place to pray to God, so that He supports the Japanese people and especially you - those who find themselves in such difficult circumstances. Thank you for your courage. "

Perhaps there is no greater love and power that could unite us like the power of faith ...

Photo: K. Novotarsky

(Based on materials from the communication service of the ACCS/Patriarchy.ru)