{"id":3708,"date":"2011-11-23T14:59:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T03:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocor.org.au\/?p=3708"},"modified":"2011-11-23T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T04:05:08","slug":"holy-kursk-root-icon-of-the-mother-of-god-visits-dormition-church-wollongong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocor.org.au\/news10\/?p=3708","title":{"rendered":"Holy Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God visits Dormition Church, Wollongong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"highslide img_1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocor.org.au\/news10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/kursk-root_wollongong6.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"kursk-root_wollongong6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocor.org.au\/news10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/kursk-root_wollongong6-160x106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"106\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>On Monday evening, 8\/21 November 2011, the Holy Kursk-Root Icon was brought to the Dormition Church in Wollongong by its rector, Priest Simeon Nekipelov, and Deacon Nicholas Olhovsky, the Icon&#8217;s guardian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clergy then served a Moleben and Akathist to the Mother of God.\u00a0 Afterwards all present were invited to remain for a cup of tea with snacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abbess Maria and three of the sisters from the Our Lady of Kazan Convent, Kentlyn, &#8220;New Shamordino&#8221;, also made the trip down to Wollongong and beautifully sang a canon to the Mother of God after the Akathist.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-3708 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail\"><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"highslide img_2\" href='https:\/\/www.rocor.org.au\/news10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/kursk-root_wollongong1.jpg' onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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