Mother of God

On a recent Sunday, priests, candle bearers and a bishop in embroidered vestments sung a hymn in classical Armenian as they filed into the Holy Mother of God Patriarchal Church, the main place of worship of Turkey’s Armenian Apostolic Church.

In the last six months, Father Moses has prepared 75 new followers for baptism in his church of the Mother of God, just north of Austin.

Navalny’s team eventually got permission from the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, which was surrounded by crowd-control barriers.

The services were being held at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, a Russian Orthodox church in southern Moscow.

The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, which agreed to hold the service, did not mention it on its social media page.