Bishop Vladimir of Novokuznetsk and Tashtagol performed diaconal ordination at the Transfiguration Cathedraltranslated

On July 26, 2026, on the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Vladimir of Novokuznetsk and Tashtagol celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Transfiguration Cathedral of the city of Novokuznetsk.

His Eminence was served by:

Secretary of the Novokuznetsk Diocesan Administration, Rector of the Church of St. equal to book Vladimir, Novokuznetsk - priest Alexander Platitsyn;

dean of the 1st Novokuznetsk church district, rector of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Novokuznetsk - Hieromonk Mark (Chervov);

full-time cleric of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Novokuznetsk - priest Arseny Safonov;

full-time clergyman of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Novokuznetsk - priest Maxim Shumailov;

The full-time clergyman of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Novokuznetsk is Deacon Alexander Kosmynin.

Liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Transfiguration Cathedral (regent - A.A. Tolstokulakova).

After the special litany, Bishop Vladimir offered a prayer for Holy Rus'.

Upon the transfer of the Holy Gifts, Bishop Vladimir of Novokuznetsk and Tashtagol ordained monk Sergius (Ashpiga), a graduate of the Kuzbass Orthodox Theological Seminary, as hierodeacon.

At the end of the Liturgy...