Divine Liturgy in the church in honor of the “Kazan” Icon of the Mother of God of the Holy Mother of God of Kazan Zhadovsky Monastery in the village of Samorodkitranslated

On July 21, on the day of celebration of the appearance of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in the city of Kazan, a conciliar service of the bishops of the Simbirsk Metropolis took place. The Divine Liturgy in the church in honor of the “Kazan” Icon of the Mother of God of the Holy Mother of God of Kazan Zhadovsky Monastery in the village of Samorodki was performed by Metropolitan Longin of Simbirsk and Novospassky, Bishop of Melekess and Cherdaklinsky Diodorus, Bishop of Barysh and Inzensky Alexander.

The archpastors were served by the secretary of the Simbirsk diocesan administration, Priest Roman Solodko, Hieromonk Joseph (Pashentsev), Hieromonk Tikhon (Kuznetsov), Priest Evgeny Trofimov, Priest Mikhail Suldin, Hieromonk Mitrofan (Rodionov), Hieromonk Eliazar (Dunin), Hieromonk Peter (Naumov), Priest Mikhail Lazarev, Head of the Protocol Service of the Simbirsk Diocesan Administration Priest Valery Stavrovsky, Deacon Ioann Kosyakov, Deacon Grigory Shevchnko, Deacon Valentin Shigaev.

According to the decision of the Holy Synod of July 16, 2026 (journal No. 51), Hieromonk Joseph (Pashentsev), a cleric of the Barysh diocese, was elected Bishop of Skadovsky and Aleshkinsky. With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', during the Liturgy, Metropolitan Longinus elevated Hieromonk Joseph...