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August 9 - Day of the Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon - the patron saint of all doctors and healer of the sick

On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, the church honors the memory of the Great Martyr Panteleimon.

During his lifetime, Panteleimon was a doctor, for which he received the nickname "Healer". They pray to him to be healed of mental and physical wounds. Lived in Nicodemia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. He treated his patients for free, so other doctors lost their income and reported to Emperor Maximian on Panteleimon, saying that he heals imprisoned Christians with prayer.

EXHIBITION OF BOOKS: "WITH BOOKS ON THE ROADS OF CHILDHOOD"

On August 7, 2022, the European Foundation of Slavic Literature and Culture and the Foundation of Ukrainian Literature and Culture opened an exhibition of books on the topic: “With books along the paths of childhood”.
The exposition of the exhibition presents a large set of children's literature on this topic from the library fund of the European Fund of Slavic Literature and Culture and the Fund of Ukrainian Literature and Culture. The exhibition presents a set of books for children of different ages and interests.

August 4 - Memorial Day of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene

The Great Equal-to-the-Apostles Holy Myrrh-bearing Mary Magdalene, who was especially famous in the Christian Church for her fiery, unshakably self-sacrificing love for the Lord Jesus Christ, was from the then rich city of Magdala, which was located in the Galilee region of Palestine, on the shores of Lake Gennesaret, or otherwise the Sea of Galilee, between the cities of Capernaum and Tiberias. The Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene, one of the myrrh-bearing women, was deigned to be the first person to see the Risen Lord Jesus Christ.

Ilyin's day August 2

Ilijah is one of the greatest prophets and the first virgin of the Old Testament. He was born in Thesbia of Gilead in the tribe of Levi, 900 years before the birth of Christ. When Elijah was born, his father Sovak had a vision that handsome men were talking with the baby, swaddling it with fire and feeding it with a fiery flame.

August 1 Uncovering the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov

The Monk Seraphim of Sarov, in the world - Prokhor Moshnin, the great ascetic of the Church, was born in the year 1754. Even in his youth, he made the decision to devote his life entirely to God. He labored in the Sarov desert. Once Prokhor fell seriously ill. He had a vision: the Mother of God, the holy apostles Peter and John the Theologian appeared to him.

July 31 Memorial Day of the Kaluga Icon of the Mother of God

The Kaluga Icon of the Mother of God is a miraculous icon of the Mother of God revered in the Orthodox Church. The main shrine of the Kaluga diocese, is considered the patroness of Kaluga and the Kaluga land.