Metropolitan Eugene was awarded the medal of St. Philaret the Merciful, 1st degreetranslated

The medal of St. Philaret the Merciful, 1st degree, was awarded to the Chairman of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechesis, Metropolitan Evgeniy of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye at the end of the Divine Liturgy and in the Cathedral in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the VISA of the city of Yekaterinburg today, October 28, 2026.

The award of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service, established in 2017, was presented to the head of the Yekaterinburg Metropolis by the chairman of the department, Archpriest Mikhail Potokin. The shepherd wholeheartedly thanked Metropolitan Eugene for “glorifying the word of God” and noted that “our spiritual path lies in the love of the word of God.”

Let us remind you that the XVII Interregional Conference on Church Social Ministry is being held in Yekaterinburg on October 27, 2026. The conference brought together those responsible for church charity in the Ural Federal District: heads of social departments of dioceses, coordinators of church volunteer services responsible for helping those returning from the front, senior sisters and confessors of sisterhoods of mercy, and leaders of church assistance projects.

The holy righteous Philaret, nicknamed the Merciful, lived in the 8th century in...