Canonization of the new Macedonian saint Kiril Lesochki
Нa holy divine liturgy in the Tetovo Cathedral "St. Cyril and Methodius", today m. will be canonizedthe Acedonian educator and abbot of Lesochki Kiril Pejčinović. The celebration will begin at 7:30 a.m. with Easter morning service, cat 8:30 a.m. is the welcome of Archbishop Stefan and the bishops of the MOC - OA, and then at 9:00 a.m. the Holy Divine Liturgy begins and the proclamation of Kiril Pejčinović as a saint Kiril Lesochki.
The faithful will have the opportunity, during the liturgy and after it, to visit the kivot where the holy relics of the saint and his first icon will be displayed. They are appealing from the Tetovo-Gostivar Diocese to respect the established order in the temple, in order to observe the order of the liturgy and to enable everyone to bow down and ask for prayerful intercession from the venerable Kiril Lesochki.
The first icon with the image of Venerable Kiril Lesochki was made by the painter Kiril Zlatanov from Skopje.
The author of the archetypal and official icon of Venerable Kiril Pejcinovic is Kiril Zlatanov from Skopje. The icon has been approved by the commission for the canonization of saints of the MOC. The icon is not intended to be a photograph, but it depicts the Deified image of the saint in the Kingdom of Heaven. According to the archetypal icon, other artists are expected to make icons of Venerable Kiril Pejčinović, informed by the Tetovka-Gostivar Diocese.
The canonization of Abbot Kiril Lesochki as a saint and inclusion in the diptych of saints began last night with the Easter evening service in the Lesochki monastery "Saint Athanasius".
- This is an act with historical significance, a work which, with God's help and through the intercession of the reverend, will bring spiritual fruits for our people and our Church, and at the same time represents an extraordinary part of the church tradition, which is beneficial to the soul to witness with personal presence . Tetovo and the Pologsk region, as well as our faithful people throughout the homeland and the world, receive another prayer patron, offering a gift to the Catholic Orthodoxy, and to the glory of God. May it be many years old - ordered from Tetovo-Gostivar Orthodox Diocese.