Metropolitan Eugene and Bishop Leonid celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church-Monument on the Bloodtranslated

On Sunday, November 15, 2026, the 24th week after Pentecost, Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Eugene and Bishop of Argentina and South America Leonid celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church-Monument on the Blood.

Concelebrating with the archpastors was the senior priest of the Church-Monument on the Blood, Archpriest Maxim Minyailo, the clergy of the church and other clergy of the Yekaterinburg diocese.

The executive secretary of the Synodal Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church for interaction with the Cossacks, Priest Timofey Chaikin and the head of the press service of the Synodal Committee for interaction with the Cossacks, Priest Tikhon Lazutkin, as well as the ataman of the Orenburg Military Cossack Society Igor Anatolyevich Tsyganov and participants of the VIII Eurasian Forum of Cossack Youth “Cossack Unity”, which is taking place these days in the Ural capital. The heavenly patron of Cossack youth is Tsarevich Alexy.

The hymns during the service were performed by the choir of the Church on the Blood under the direction of Victoria Anatolyevna Sharlaimova.

During the service, Metropolitan Eugene offered a prayer for Holy Rus', which is performed in Russian churches...