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On the 6th and 7th of January, 2018, a celebration of the Nativity of Christ took place in the Russian church in Wellington. In these days, the church was visited by many parishioners who came from different parts of Wellington and its suburbs.

The festival began on January 6 with a concert that was prepared and conducted in the church hall by a musician from the city of Oakland – Svetlana. She sang musical works of various composers on the harp. The peculiarity of her performance was that she allowed everyone to sit next to her during the performance and touch the harp by hand, thereby trying to feel the vibration of the harp. Many who came to this concert did so. After the concert, a festive evening service was held, at the end of which, Father Aleksei anointed everyone with the consecrated oil.

The next day, a divine liturgy was held in the church, for which more than 50 people prayed. After the end of the service, a religious procession took place around the church. This time he was a full rank and all were able to get around the temple around, which before that could not be done.

After the end of the procession, everyone went to the pre-church hall where the celebration of the meeting of Father Frost continued, the performance of children from Sunday school, a concert and a festive meal.

All the parishioners congratulated each other on this wonderful holiday. Thank God for everything!!!

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