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On the First Lenten Friday

On the first Lenten Friday, we remember the miracle of St Theodore the Tyro and the boiled wheat. We serve the Divine Liturgy and the Canon to St Theodore. Kolivo is then blessed and distributed to the faithful. Photos by Maxim Chernogolov.

a boy eating kolivo

an altar server

at the altar

at the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

the best christian lenten meal decoration

the best kolivo decoration

blessing the kolivo

carrying kolivo to the church

distributing kolivo to the faithful

Eucharist

Father Andrey Lemeshonok

handmade bunns Larks

kneeling prayers

koliva with apricots and nuts

kolivo at Saint Elisabeth Convent

kolivo

kolivo with a candle

lenten meal

the Canon to St Theodore

nuns praying

the prayer before Holy Communion

putting kolivo into little paper bags

reading the prayers

ready to give kolivo to the parishioners

the first Lenten Friday

the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

the priests of Saint Elisabeth Convent

the tradition of blessing kolivo