On August 17 Nadezhda Nikolaevna Avrutina, a longtime parishioner of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral, turned 80
Despite her venerable age, she is a tireless worker of the cathedral, cleaning it after services and volunteering in the church during daytime hours on weekdays.
On Nadezhda Nikolaevna’s birthday, the rector of the cathedral, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, served a thanksgiving moleben for her health and wished her God’s help to continue serving as an example of humility, kindness and good spirits.