19-09-2026, Kortrijk

Patronal feast of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kortrijk.

On Saturday, 19 September 2026, the parish of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kortrijk celebrated its patronal feast.

The parishioners solemnly welcomed their archpastor, Archbishop Simon of Brussels and Belgium, with bread and salt and the ringing of handbells. His Eminence presided over the festive Divine Liturgy.

Concelebrating with Archbishop Simon were Priest Georgy Starostin, a cleric of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kortrijk; Priest Dimitry Yatsun, rector of the Church of the Epiphany in Mechelen; Priest Andrei Popa, rector of the Church of Holy Righteous Anna in Brussels; Priest Vladimir Putyatitsky; and Deacons Vladimir Gabernik, a cleric of Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Brussels, Vladimir Shitikov and Oleg Ageenko, clerics of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Antwerp, and Maxim Burla, a cleric of the Holy Trinity Church in Brussels.

Before the Divine Liturgy Archbishop Simon performed the cheirothesia of Artemy Seroklin as reader and of parish reader Mikhail Zadorozhenko as subdeacon.

On the same day Archbishop Simon appointed Priest Georgy Starostin rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kortrijk and awarded him the right to wear the nabedrennik.

The Youth Choir of the Belgian Archdiocese sang during the service.

At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, Archbishop Simon addressed the faithful with a sermon dedicated to the feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos.

After the service a festive fraternal meal was arranged outdoors for the parishioners and guests in the church’s welcoming courtyard. Fellowship continued to the sound of the saxophone in a warm and joyful atmosphere of Christian love and fraternal unity.