The archpastors celebrated the Liturgy at the Holy Trinity Church in Chelyabinsktranslated

On the feast of the repose of the holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the Divine Liturgy in the Holy Trinity Church of Chelyabinsk was performed by a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, Chairman of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk, head of the Chelyabinsk Metropolis Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass. The archpastors were concelebrated by the secretary of the Chelyabinsk diocese, the rector of the church, Archpriest Igor Shestakov, the dean of the Miass northern district, Hieromonk German (Chernyshev), and the leading specialist of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, curator of the educational project “Joy of the Word,” Priest Andrei Stepanov. In his sermon, Metropolitan Vikenty congratulated Chelyabinsk residents on the feast of the Apostle John the Theologian. “Today’s holiday calls for us to love each other. And if we love each other, it means we love God. And God abides in us, and we in God.

The Apostle John the Theologian especially loved the Savior and was the confidante of Christ. And the Lord revealed to him the great secrets of God. He wrote the Apocalypse or the Revelation of God about the final destinies of human life on Earth,” noted...