Celebration in Štip of the festive day of Saint Nicolas, the protector of the town of Štip ( 19.12.2009 )
At 19th of December, at the feast of Saint Nicolas the Wonderworker – Archbishop of the Myra, who is the patron and protector of the city of Štip, His Beatitude the Archbishop of Ohrid and all Macedonia Stephan, together with the competent Metropolitan of Bregalnica Diocese HE Hilarion, Metropolitan of Strumica Diocese HE Nahum, the Metropolitan of Povardarie Diocese HE Agathangel, and in co-celebration with archimandrite Arsenios from Strumica Diocese, the hegumen of Lesnovo Monastery’s monastery Father Damaskin, and some more priests from Bregalnica Diocese celebrated a Holy Hierarch’s Liturgy in the cathedral of St. Nicolas in Štip.
After the Holy Hierarch’s Liturgy, His Beatitude the Archbishop of Ohrid and all Macedonia Stephan, together with the Metropolitans, priests and the vast people present, served a Religious Procession on the way from the cathedral of St. Nicolas to the city square, where His Beatitude the Archbishop of Ohrid and all Macedonia Stephan blessed and broke the festive bread, and spoke in appropriate festive words to the faithful people. After this, for the Orthodox believers present, it was organised a cultural-entertaining program.
Also, the Head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church His Beatitude the Archbishop of Ohrid and all Macedonia Stephan, and the other Bishops were received in the cabinet of the Mayor of Štip, Mr. Zorancho Aleksov, because he and the Council of the Municipality of Štip were organisers and patrons in the occasion of this magnificent celebration of the feast of Saint Nicolas the Wonderworker – Archbishop of Myra, who is the patron and protector of the city of Štip, and again in this occasion they have prepared a feast of love in the university’s restaurant “Goce Delcev” in Štip.
