The bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of St. Macarius the Great in Egypttranslated

On November 8, 2026, on the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, in the monastery of St. Macarius the Great, located in the Nitrian desert of Egypt, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, Metropolitan Sergius of Singapore and Southeast Asia, Metropolitan Ignatius of Perm and Kungur and Bishop of Nerchinsk and Krasnokamensk Macarius.

Praying during the service were members of the delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate, making a pilgrimage to the ancient Christian shrines of Egypt as part of the program of mutual visits of representatives of Russian and Coptic monasticism: DECR Secretary for Inter-Christian Relations Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov); employee of the Moscow Patriarchate, Hieromonk Pamphil (Osokin); Secretary of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia, Hieromonk Yuvenaly (Maruschak); Abbess Elisaveta (Pozdnyakova), abbess of the Martha and Mary Convent of Mercy in Moscow; Abbot of the Sviyazhsk St. John the Baptist Monastery of the Kazan Diocese, Abbess Pitirim (Lisitsyn); Abbot of the Trinity Monastery in the village of Tashla, Samara diocese, Abbess Varvara (Yastrebova); employees of the Moscow Patriarchate nun Fevronia (Berezina), nun Joasafa (Pozdeeva), nun...