Kursk Mother of God Icon in Germany refugee camp, 1946-1949
April 24th, 2009
The arrival of the Kursk Mother of God in the refugee camp Fischbek (near Hamburg). That must have been sometime in the 1946-49. Bishop Nafanail is celebrating, the young hypodeacon with the trikirion is Gleb Alexandrovich Rahr.
The young archimandrit holding the icon is Father Vitalii Ustinov, later Metropolitan Vitaly. Source: Collection Mrs. Xenia Rahr-Zabelitch, for Crucea.ro.
Gheorghe Vanau The young archimandrit holding the icon is Father Vitalii Ustinov, later Metropolitan Vitaly. Source: Collection Mrs. Xenia Rahr-Zabelitch, for Crucea.ro.
Bishop Nafanail, Father Vitaly Ustinov & Gleb Rahr
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