In Chyhyryn, the 100th Anniversary of the Repose of Venerable Martyr Raphaila Was Marked with Prayer

Metropolitan Feodosiy of Cherkasy and Kaniv presided over a concelebrated divine service on August 24, 2026, at the Chyhyryn Holy Trinity Convent on the occasion of the feast day of Venerable Martyr Raphaila (Tartатska), Abbess of Chyhyryn. This was reported on the Facebook page of the Kirovograd Diocese.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the martyric repose of the saint.

Metropolitan Feodosiy was co-served at the divine service by Metropolitan Mykola of Kirovograd and Novomyrhorod, Bishop Antoniy of Korsun-Shevchenkivsky, vicar of the Cherkasy Diocese, and numerous guests of the monastery in holy orders.

During the service, the hierarchs, clergy, and faithful offered prayers for peace in Ukraine and for the intercession of Venerable Martyr Raphaila on behalf of the Ukrainian people in this time of grave trials.

The celebrations concluded with a procession of the cross around the cathedral, during which the faithful carried an icon containing a particle of the saint's relics to the singing of church hymns. At the conclusion of the Liturgy, His Eminence Feodosiy congratulated the sisters and parishioners of the monastery on the feast day of their heavenly patroness.

As the Union of Orthodox Journalists reported, preparations for the 100th anniversary of the martyrdom of Raphaila of Chyhyryn began in Cherkasy.

Venerable Martyr Raphaila (in the world – Raisa Tartатska) was the abbess of the Chyhyryn Holy Trinity Monastery and, during the years of the godless persecutions of the 1920s, steadfastly defended the Orthodox faith. In August 1926, Mother Raphaila was subjected to brutal torture and killed by the godless, and in 2008 she was glorified among the saints.