Petersburg: traffic in the city center will be blocked because of the procession

On September 11 and 12, in the center of St. Petersburg, the movement will be blocked due to the procession and ban the parking lot, the city administrationsaid .

The religious event is organized by the St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church and the regional public organization "Youth Chamber of St. Petersburg". It is dedicated to the Day of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky - the Day of the Nistadt world. Drivers are advised for this time to look for a detour.

For transport, Kazan Square will be blocked, Kazan Street from Gorokhova Street to Nevsky Prospekt. In addition, for a day they will block the section of the area of Alexander Nevsky in the direction from Chernoretsky Lane to the Alexander Nevsky bridge. On Kazan Square, as well as on the section of Kazan Street from Gorokhovaya Street to Nevsky Prospekt, parking will be prohibited.

The procession in the center of St. Petersburg is an annual event. For Orthodox believers, this is a big holiday. However, not all Petersburgers are positively related to the idea of overlapping movement for the sake of a religious event.

"Nevsky will be blocked and will stop everyone? feelings (and most importantly - common sense) unbelievers? " - users of social networks write . (punctuation and spelling preserved - approx. Ed.)

Earlier it was reported that the rector of the Nikolsky church in Zaozersk Alexander Zaitsev entered the sea along with the crew of the nuclear submarine "Orel". Before swimming, he spent a prayer service. A hiking iconostasis was launched on a submarine, and morning prayers and reading of the gospel were included in the daily routine.