Bishop's service in the Kazan Church of the Chernyshev Estate 07/19/2026translated

On July 19, the 7th week after Pentecost, for the first time in 65 years after decades of desecration, the Divine Liturgy was served in the Kazan Church of the Chernyshev estate in the village. Yaropolets Volokolamsk district. The service was performed by Archbishop Thomas of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk, who was co-served by the dean of the Volokolamsk district, Archpriest German Grigoriev, and the rector of the church, Priest Mikhail Zavitaev. Praying together with the parishioners during the service were the benefactor of the church, whose funds are used for large-scale restoration work, the general director of the S.K.-Restorer company, V.V. Semin, and those accompanying them. Liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Epiphany Cathedral in Elokhov, Moscow, under the direction of A.K. Mayorov. At the end of the special litany, Vladyka Thomas offered a prayer for Holy Rus'. At the end of the service, Bishop Thomas addressed the worshipers with an archpastoral word. The rector of the Kazan Church, priest Mikhail Zavitaev, thanked the Bishop for the joy of joint prayer and presented the Kazan image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a bouquet of flowers from the parish. Then the Archpastor got acquainted with the restoration work in the western church volume and on the church territory. In…