Bishop Theognost took part in the Royal Days in Yekaterinburgtranslated

On the night of July 16-17, the key events of the Royal Days took place in Yekaterinburg - the Divine Liturgy and the repentant Royal procession of the cross, timed to coincide with the day of remembrance of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers.

Bishop Feognost of Serov and Krasnoturinsky took part in the service. The Divine Liturgy took place in the square in front of the lower aisle of the Church-Monument on the Blood. It was headed by 19 bishops, including:

permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District, Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan; representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', Metropolitan Niphon of Philippopolis; Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Evgeniy and other archpastors.

Immediately after the completion of the bishop's Divine Liturgy, the repentant Royal procession began from the Church-Monument on the Blood to the monastery in honor of the holy Royal Passion-Bearers in the Ganina Yama tract. According to preliminary estimates, about 44,000 pilgrims took part in the main services of the Royal Days.

Upon the arrival of the crusaders at the Royal Monastery, a prayer service was held at shaft No. 7 - in one of the places closely associated with...