Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass and Bishop Zosima of Magnitogorsk and Verkhneuralsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Samarkandtranslated

On Dimitrievskaya Parental Saturday, with the blessing of the permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District, Metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan Vincent, Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass and Bishop Zosima of Magnitogorsk and Verkhneuralsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in the city of Samarkand. The archpastors were concelebrated by clergy from the Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk dioceses. In 2026, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the 155th anniversary of the founding of the Tashkent and Turkestan diocese and the 15th anniversary of the formation of the Central Asian Metropolitan District. CDRO Chelyabinsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. All rights reserved.