Bishop's service on the Sunday of All Saints who shone in the Russian landtranslated

On June 14, 2026, Metropolitan Maximilian of Irkutsk and Angarsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of All Saints, who shone in the Russian land, in the Cathedral of the Epiphany in the concelebration of the brethren of the church. In his sermon before Communion, priest Evgeniy Kopytov emphasized that “more than 5,000 saints have shone in the Orthodox Church, and more than 2,500 in the Russian land, and more than half of this half have shone as martyrs and confessors for the faith of Christ” - “this is how Russian holiness responded to the call of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Father Eugene called on all Orthodox Christians to remember that “the Lord sends this call to everyone,” and “holiness is our response to the call of Christ.” Therefore, each of us, like the host of saints depicted on the wall paintings of the cathedral, must understand that the Lord loves each of us and suffered on the Cross for each of us - “precisely for me,” therefore His love can only be responded to with love and devotion, which exceeds all earthly affections. In his welcoming speech to the worshippers, Bishop Maximilian also drew the attention of parishioners to the wall painting of the central aisle of the cathedral - the image of the Millennium of the Baptism of Rus', which “testifies how much...