Metropolitan of Ekaterinodar and Krasnodar Vasily served with the Most Holy Patriarch at the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavratranslated

On October 8, 2026, on the feast day of the holy father Sergius, igumen of Radonezh, wonderworker, the Most Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Uspensky Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra.

Before the beginning of the divine service at the entrance to the Uspensky Cathedral, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was greeted by: the resident of the Trinity Sergius Lavra archimandrite Macarius (Veretennikov); the Secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia for the city of Moscow protopresbyter Vladimir Divakov; the Chairman of the Committee for Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Preservation, Restoration of the Historical Appearance, and Development of the City of Sergiev Posad, Moscow Oblast, S.A. Pahomov; the acting head of the Sergiev Posad Municipal District of Moscow Oblast, A.V. Luzetsky.

At the Liturgy, His Holiness served with: Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslaw Vasily, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus; Metropolitan of Voskresensky Gregory, administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate, first vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia for the city of Moscow; Metropolitan of Vladimir and...