Metropolitan Longin celebrated the Baptismal Liturgytranslated

On November 13, on the day of remembrance of the apostles Stachia, Amplia, Urvana, Narcissa, Apelius and Aristobulus from the 70th, Metropolitan Longinus of Simbirsk and Novospassky celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Resurrection-Germanovsky Church in Ulyanovsk.

Concelebrating with His Eminence were Hegumen Seraphim (Lyakhov), Priest Alexy Volkov, the head of the protocol service of the Simbirsk diocesan administration, Priest Valery Stavrovsky, Priest Theodore Verevkin, Priest Boris Kokorev, Deacon Ioann Kosyakov, and Deacon Grigory Shevchenko.

During the Divine Liturgy, in the baptistery of the church, Metropolitan Longinus baptized seven adults who had undergone catechetical conversations in the city’s churches.

At the end of the Liturgy, Metropolitan Longin presented the newly baptized with certificates of Baptism and gifts.