Archbishop Thomas celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Nativity Cathedral in the city of Vereyatranslated

On October 24, 2026, Archbishop Thomas of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Nativity Cathedral in the city of Vereya.

His Eminence was co-served by the dean of the Naro-Fominsk church district, Archpriest Oleg Mitrov, and the rector of the Nativity Cathedral, Abbot Dionysius (Partin).

Parishioners of the cathedral and residents of the city prayed during the service.

During the Liturgy, a prayer was offered for Holy Russia.

At the end of the service, Archbishop Thomas addressed those gathered with an archpastoral word.

Then the Bishop visited the burial place of the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, Lieutenant General Ivan Semyonovich Dorokhov, located in the Nativity of Christ Cathedral.

The archpastor also got acquainted with the historical exhibition dedicated to the life and military merits of the Russian commander, under whose command Vereya was liberated from Napoleonic troops in September 1812.