Bishop of Lida and Smorgon Porfiry with members of the commission on monasteries and monasticism met with Metropolitan of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh Isidoretranslated

On October 5, 2026, the commission of the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism began a visit to the Smolensk diocese with the aim of familiarizing itself with the internal monastic life, the educational level of monastics, as well as the social activities of the holy monasteries.

The commission included the ruling bishop of the Lida diocese, Bishop Porfiry of Lida and Smorgon, and the abbess of the Polotsk Spaso-Euphrosinievsky Metropolitan Convent, Abbess Evdokia (Levshuk).

In the throne room of the Smolensk Diocesan Administration, a meeting took place between the Head of the Smolensk Metropolis, Metropolitan Isidor of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh, and members of the commission. The abbot of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Avraamiev Monastery, Abbot Nikolai (Zolotov), ​​took part in the meeting.

During the visit to the Smolensk diocese, members of the commission will visit the Spaso-Voznesensky Convent of the Smolensk, the Holy Trinity Boldin Monastery, the Diocesan Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki Convent of Dorogobuzh, the Monastery - New Horde Porechskaya Mother of God-Nativity Hermitage, the Holy Trinity Convent.