The monastery, dedicated to the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple, was actually home to a number of future Russian hierarchs.
The service, officiated by Fr. Constantin Prihoanca from the Romanian Diocese of Germany and Central and Northern Europe, gathered numerous local Romanians at the Consulate General of Romania in Shanghai.
A member of the Patriarchal Commission for the Restoration of Icons recently visited the church, and a scientific and artistic examination confirmed that the icon is that which used to be in the altar at Christ the Savior.
More than 200 Orthodox faithful in the Western Ukrainian village of Svityaz came out on Sunday, June 16, to defend their local Sts. Peter and Paul Monastery.
The icon stopped in Kazan on June 14-16 as part of the All-Russian procession that began from the Moscow Kremlin on May 6.