07/31/26 Metropolitan Joseph and Bishop Hilarion took part in the evening service at the Diveyevo Monasterytranslated

On July 31, on the eve of the day of remembrance of St. Seraphim of Sarov, an evening service was held in the Trinity Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Seraphim-Diveevo Convent. Small Vespers with an akathist to St. Seraphim of Sarov and the all-night vigil were led by Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Concelebrating with His Eminence were Metropolitan Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas, Metropolitan John of Yoshkar-Ola and Mari, Metropolitan Joseph of Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Vichuga, Metropolitan of Saransk and Mordovian Zinovy, Metropolitan of Samara and Novokuibyshevsky Theodosius, Metropolitan of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh Isidor, Archbishop of Gomel and Zhlobin Stefan, Bishop of Krasnoslobodsky and Temnikovsky Clement, Vicar of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese Bishop Elijah of Balakhna, Bishop of Kanash and Belovolzhsky Stefan, Bishop of Karasuk and Orda Varnava, Bishop of Murom and Vyaznikovsky Nil, Bishop of Kineshma and Palekh Hilarion, Bishop of Dushanbe and Tajikistan Pitirim, Bishop Gideon of Vyksa and Pavlovsk, Bishop of Livensky and Maloarkhangelsk Nektary, Bishop of Gorodetsky and Vetluzhsky Paramon,…