Priest Vasily Beletsky, a clergyman of the Kursk Diocese, has arrived in the Republic of the Seychelles for his ministry. The priest has been sent on a long-term assignment to organize church life in that country with the blessing of Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, upon the recommendation of the Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Metropolitan Konstantin of Cairo and North Africa, and in agreement with Metropolitan German of Kursk and Rylsk.
On October 4, the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Father Vasily celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Victoria, the capital of the Seychelles.
Embassy staff, our compatriots residing in the country, and tourists participated in the service.
At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, Father Vasily delivered a sermon based on the Gospel reading.
After the service, Father Vasily conducted a prayer service for the blessing of water and a Litiya for the departed.
Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa
