Metropolitan Theodosius concelebrated with the Primate of the Russian Church at the all-night vigil in the Trinity-Sergius Lavratranslated

On July 17, 2026, on the eve of the feast of the discovery of the venerable relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Metropolitan Theodosius of Samara and Novokuybyshevsk took part in a solemn service at the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. The all-night vigil on the Cathedral Square of the monastery was performed by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. The service took place in front of the revered icon of St. Sergius of Radonezh. Concelebrating with His Holiness was the head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District, Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna, Patriarchal Vicar of the Moscow Metropolis, Metropolitan Benjamin of Minsk and Zaslavsky, Patriarchal Exarch of all Belarus, Metropolitan Gregory of the Resurrection, manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Archbishop Thomas of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk, Metropolitan Feodosius of Samara and Novokuybyshevsk, as well as a host of archpastors who arrived for the celebrations, and inhabitants of the Lavra in holy orders. To perform festive services, a special platform was built on Cathedral Square, and in front of the Assumption Cathedral...