Metropolitan Theodosius concelebrated with Metropolitan Vasily of Ekaterinodar and Kuban on his 55th birthdaytranslated

On October 18, 2026, Metropolitan Feodosius of Samara and Novokuybyshevsk took part in the Divine Liturgy at St. Catherine’s Cathedral in Krasnodar. The service was led by Metropolitan Vasily of Ekaterinodar and Kuban, who celebrates his 55th birthday on this day. At the entrance to the cathedral, the head of the Kuban Metropolis was met by representatives of the regional and city administration, monastics, Cossacks, students of Sunday schools and parish youth communities, representatives of the “Brotherhood of Orthodox Pathfinders” and numerous parishioners. Concelebrating with His Eminence were Metropolitan Theodosius of Samara and Novokuybyshevsk, Metropolitan Nikon of Astrakhan and Kamyzyak, Archbishop Nikolai of Salekhard and Novo-Urengoy, Bishop of Rybinsk and Roman-Borisoglebsk Veniamin, Bishop of Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik Sergius, Bishop of Tikhoretsky and Korenovsky Stefan, Bishop Savva of Armavir and Labinsk, Bishop Seraphim of Yeisk and Timashevsk, as well as the clergy of the Kuban Metropolis.

After Communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, Metropolitan Theodosius addressed Metropolitan Vasily with words of congratulations on the anniversary. The Samara archpastor presented an icon of the Holy Trinity as a gift to the head of the Kuban Metropolis.…