Bishop's service in the Sorrow Church in the village of Sharapovo m.o. Chekhov 08/05/2026translated

On August 5, on the day of celebration in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow,” Archbishop of Podolsk and Lyubertsy Aksy celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Sorrow Church in the village of Sharapovo m.o. Chekhov. His Eminence was served by: the secretary of the Podolsk diocesan administration, Priest Konstantin Semenov, the dean of the Chekhov church district, hegumen Sergius (Kuksov), the rector of the Sorrow Church, Archpriest John Podoksenov, and the clergy of the Chekhov deanery. The liturgical hymns were performed by the bishop's choir under the direction of Yaroslav Filipsonov. During the service the head of the ministry prayed. Chekhov M.N. Sobakin. According to the special litany, a prayer for Holy Rus' was read. At the funeral litany, a petition was offered for the repose of those killed as a result of a drone attack in the village of Novoselki m.o. Chekhov. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, Archbishop Aksiy addressed the worshipers with an archpastoral word.