Metropolitan Theodosius led the evening service with the reading of an akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Samaratranslated

On October 20, on the eve of the day of veneration of the Tashlin Icon of the Mother of God “Deliverer from Troubles,” Metropolitan Theodosius of Samara and Novokuybyshevsk led an evening service with the reading of an akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Samara. Liturgical chants were performed by the mixed choir of the church under the direction of regent Anastasia Gorbatenko and the Cossack choir under the direction of Maxim Gorelchenko.