Metropolitan Alexy performed an evening service at the Church of St. Nicholas in the village of Solnechnytranslated

On the eve of the celebration of the discovery of the relics of St. Mitrofan, Bishop of Voronezh, Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass performed an evening service with polyeleos in the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the village of Solnechny. The ruling bishop was co-served by the dean of the Sosnovsky deanery, Archpriest Georgy Artaryan, and the clergy. During the service, an akathist to the Dormition of the Mother of God was read. During the reading of the canon, the archpastor anointed the parishioners with consecrated oil. In his sermon, Metropolitan Alexy congratulated everyone on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, wished them good health, good mood and God's help in all matters. “Today the fruits of the new harvest were blessed in churches - it is important to remember that we must thank God for them, thank Him for everything that happens in our lives. There is an old saying: “Fear an ungrateful man.” Anyone who does not know how to thank God and those who benefit him is capable of committing sins and crimes against his neighbors.

May the Lord, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother, deliver us from this scourge,” said Bishop Alexy. The stone single-altar Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was consecrated on December 8, 2010 by Metropolitan...