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After a century-long break in the lower church of the Resurrection Cathedral of the New Jerusalem residence, a prayer sounded in honor of the icon of Divine Mother. In 2018, on the day of remembrance Our Lady of the "Sign" icon the first sanctuary for the hundred and more years passed with the reading of an akathist in honor to this holy icon. And this has become a tradition: now water-worship services with an akathist are performed in the church every second Monday of the month.

At a time when Byzantine artists of the 14th century rushed to the Apennines, where artistic life flourished, the Byzantine master Theophanes the Greek rushed to Russia. Theophanes the Greek came to Russia from Byzantium when he was about 30 years old. Even during his lifetime, contemporaries called the icon painter “an excellent painter” and “a glorious sage.” He created murals for Orthodox churches, painted icons, decorated the houses of princes and illustrated books.

Stevenson lived in beautiful Scotland. The poem “Heather Honey” was based on a medieval legend called “The Last of the Picts.” This small nation was also known for the ale that they cooked from heather. It was an unusually affordable drink, since there was always a lot of heather in this country.

It has become a tradition to celebrate the Great Church Holidays with a joint prayer with patients, hospice employees and Sisters of Mercy. The divine service leds by prior of the New Jerusalem Bishop's residence hieromonk Roman (Modin). He is serviced by the cleric of the Theological Cathedral prior John Timofeyev. Hieromonk Roman has long been the head of the department of the Kazan diocese for interaction with medical institutions.

During excavations in 1932, under the direction of historian M.I. Rostovtsev, a synagogue was discovered in Syria with well-preserved biblical frescoes. This synagogue was located in the ancient city of Dura Europos on the Euphrates and was well preserved due to the conservation of the premises in ancient times. Wanting to strengthen the defensive walls of the city, Roman soldiers covered the synagogue with sand and broken brick.