Metropolitan Alexy celebrated the Liturgy on the day of remembrance of the Apostle and Evangelist Luketranslated

On the day of the celebration of the memory of the Apostle and Evangelist Luke, Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Chelyabinsk Church of St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea and Simferopol. Concelebrating with the ruling bishop was the rector of the church, Priest Andrei Kovshevny, dean of the Northern Deanery, together with the clergy of the deanery. The service's chants were performed by the Bishop's Quartet under the direction of regent Marina Goman. In his sermon, Metropolitan Alexy congratulated everyone on the memory of the holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, one of the 70 apostles of Jesus Christ, a companion of the Apostle Paul, and noted that this saint is directly related to the parish of the Church of St. Luke of Crimea. “Saint Luke received the name of the holy apostle and evangelist Luke in monastic tonsure. Being a famous doctor and scientist, he took the name of the Apostle Luke - and this is a reminder to us of the Providence that the Lord shows over every person. It is not by chance that a person is given a name at Holy Baptism.

Saint Luke, like the Apostle Luke was a doctor, both labored in preaching the word of God, the Apostle suffered as a martyr for Christ, and Saint Luke became a confessor and martyr for the sake of the Church of Christ. Both saints...