The priests of the Novorossiysk Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church held a prayer service on the donation of God's help to the liquidators of environmental pollution of the Black Sea.

How notifiesEparchy, on January 7, 2025, with the blessing of the ruling bishop of the Novorossiysk diocese, Bishop Sergius, in the places of elimination of environmental pollution of the Black Sea on Taman and in Anapa, clergy held prayer services.

“On the Taman coast, Archpriest Viktor Kolmik of the Temryuk District, in the joint service of the clergy of the Temryuk Piety, delivered a prayer about the giving of God's help to all who participate in the purification of the coast of the Taman Peninsula from fuel oil.

The full-time priest of the Holy Onufriev Church of the city. Anapa Archpriest Gennady Klyuchnikov served a festive prayer - about giving God's help to the employees of the Emergency Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Krasnodar Territory in the elimination of environmental pollution of the Black Sea on the Anapa coast,” Russian popes report.

On December 15, two Russian ships “Volgoneft 212" and “Volgoneft 239" were reportedly sunk near the Kerch Strait. The accident led to the leakage of more than 4 thousand tons of fuel oil into the sea. The Ministry of Environment said that the fuel oil leak caused by the accident of two Russian tankers Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239" on December 15 threatens “catastrophic consequences” for the Black Sea ecosystem.