07.17.26 Among the host of archpastors, Metropolitan Joseph served with His Holiness the Patriarch at the all-night vigil in the Trinity-Sergius Lavratranslated

On July 7, on the eve of the feast of the discovery of the venerable relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1422), His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' celebrated an all-night vigil on the Cathedral Square of the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius.

The solemn service was performed in front of the revered icon of St. Sergius. To celebrate the festive all-night vigil and Divine Liturgy, a platform was built on Cathedral Square, and a throne under the canopy was installed in front of the Dormition Cathedral of the Lavra.

Concelebrating with His Holiness were: Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District; Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius; Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna, Patriarchal Vicar of the Moscow Metropolis; Metropolitan Benjamin of Minsk and Zaslavsky, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus; Metropolitan Gregory of the Resurrection, manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, first vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for Moscow, abbot of the Novospassky stauropegic monastery; Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations; Archbishop Thomas of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk, head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Moscow...