On March 8, 2024, the myrrh-streaming icon of the Mother of God completed a procession through the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in Mindanao. On this day, it was greeted in the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in Banat and in the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Kinabalan. Prayer services were held in temples in front of the holy image of the Queen of Heaven and the faithful were anointed by a priest with holy myrrh. In the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, the president of the Foundation of St. Martyr Boniface Mezentseva N. S. congratulated the parishioners on the construction of the church of St. Thomas the Apostle and said that she had handed over the relics of St. Thomas. St. Thomas the Apostle for the new church. During the prayer service in this temple, the icon shone with a bright light. At the end of the prayer service, a procession took place to the church under construction.

The faithful of the parish of Blessed Matrona of Moscow in Davao City, Philippines, prayerfully celebrated the patronal feast of the temple. On March 7, the day of the finding of the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow, the faithful of the parish named after the blessed Matrona in Davao City, on the island of Mindanao, celebrated the patronal feast of the temple. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by: Priest Moses Kahilig, Priest Rafael Frajillo, Priest Juventinus Bulaqueña. Also, on this day, parishioners had the opportunity to worship the myrrh-streaming icon of the Mother of God “Softening of Evil Hearts”, which has been delivered to the parishes of Mindanao Island for several days to comfort and strengthen the spirit of the faithful. This image began to flow myrrh 25 years ago, just on this very day of the beatification of Blessed Matrona of Moscow. After the Liturgy, Natalia Mezentseva, President of the Charity Foundation of the Holy Martyr Bonifacio, donated to the parish a copy of this icon with a particle of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

With the blessing of Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, the Charitable Foundation of St. Martyr Bonifacio organized the bringing of the myrrh-streaming icon of the Mother of God “Softening of Evil Hearts” to the temples of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Philippines from March 5 to 11, 2024. On March 5, the miraculous icon was brought to the parishes of the island of Mindanao: to the church of the Resurrection of Christ in General Santos, to the church of St. Isidore of the Rostov in Alabel, to the church of Intercession of the Mother of God in Polomolok and the church of the Resurrection of Christ in Lake Sebu. The icon of the Mother of God “Softening of Evil Hearts” is brought by the guardian of the icon S. L. Fomin. The President of the Charitable Foundation of St. Bonifacio N. S. Mezentseva handed over to the Intercession church a copy of the myrrh-streaming icon of the Mother of God “Softening of Evil Hearts” with a particle of the Holy Veil of the Mother of God.

On March 6, 2024, the journey of the myrrh-streaming image of the Mother of God “Softening of Evil Hearts” continued through the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church on Mindanao Island. The icon was brought to five parishes for prayerful worship and the blessing of the parishioners. It was greeted at the Church of St. Ignatius the God-Bearer in Lambayong, in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Mahongok, in the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov in Makalangot, in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Arakan and in the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Salasang. Prayer services were served in front of the icon, and the priests anointed the parishioners with the myrrh from the icon. The faithful greeted the icon with great joy, and reverently wiped off the fragrant myrrh flowing from the icon with cotton wool.

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