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Metropolitan circled Petersburg with a prayer service in defense of coronavirus
The Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsonophia made a prayer flight of St. Petersburg against the Covid-19 with the icons of Prince Alexander Nevsky, the blessed Ksenia of Petersburg and the righteous John of Kronstadt.
"The ruling bishop offered prayers to get rid of the townspeople from the epidemic and three times overshadowed the city on the Neva," the website of the diocese says .
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- Barsonofius had previously made a similar circuit on a helicopter with prayers against a new coronavirus infection. The borders of his diocese and Metropolitan of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogorsk Kornilia flew around.
- In the Pskov region, the procession was previously held against the Covid-19, during which several priests on cars traveled the streets of the city and prayed with prayer the participants of the procession of the cross with holy water. In the spring of 2020, special prayers with petitions against a new coronavirus infection were held in each Pskov temple.
- In the Vologda region, a prayer was also carried out against the infection, which was "enthusiastic."