Day of the Epiphany of Rus': prayer, joy, new meetingstranslated

On the day of remembrance of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and the Day of the Baptism of Rus', July 28, 2026, the solemn service on the patronal feast of the Prince Vladimir Church in Irkutsk was led by two bishops: Metropolitan of Irkutsk and Angarsk Maximilian and Bishop of Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk Konstantin. Concelebrating before the Throne of God were the clergy of the Irkutsk diocese: the secretary of the Diocesan Administration, priest Stefan Bazhkov, the rector of the church, hieromonk Alexy (Seredin), the rector of the Kazan church in the village of Telma, archpriest Sergius Kandybin, the clergy of the church, archpriest Anatoly Polyakov, and archpriest Igor Bartenev, rector of the church in the name of VMC of Elizabeth and Barbara in the village of Zalari priest Gennady Znaidenko, rector of the Epiphany Church in the village of Ust-Uda priest Vladimir Andoni, priest Artemy Ponomarev, rector of the Intercession Church in Irkutsk priest Vladislav Chapaikin, rector of the St. Sophronius Church in the village of Mamona priest Grigory Gudin, protodeacon Dimitry Bukharov and deacons Vladimir Sokolov and Alexander Shokhtin. Parishioners from different churches came to pray on this important day for the parish, which is reviving the historical monastery located on this site...