Bishop's service in the Church of the Nativity of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker under construction in Rudna-Nikitskoye 08/11/2026translated

On August 11, on the birthday of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia, the Wonderworker, Bishop of Balashikha and Orekhovo-Zuevsky Nikolai visited the courtyard of the Guslitsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery in the village of Rudne-Nikitskoye, performed the first Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Nativity of St. Nicholas under construction and led the celebrations on the occasion of the patronal feast. Concelebrating with His Eminence were the dean of the monasteries of the Balashikha diocese, Hegumen Evmeniy (Lagutin), the rector of the Guslitsky monastery, Hegumen Seraphim (Golovanov), the rector of the Church of the Apostle James Zebedee in the State Settlement, Hieromonk Ermogen (Burygin), and the rector of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Edinoverie community, Hieromonk Alexy. Googley and the brethren of the monastery in holy orders. Liturgical chants were performed by the monastery's festive choir under the direction of Nikita Vyacheslavovich Chernigin. After reading the Gospel, Bishop Nicholas delivered a sermon. At the special litany, special petitions were proclaimed and a prayer was offered for Holy Rus'.

At the end of the Liturgy, a statutory religious procession was held with the revered hagiographic icon of St. Nicholas, donated by academician and artist T. S. Shikhireva. Then Hegumen Seraphim thanked Bishop Nicholas for...