Metropolitan Mercury held a memorial service for employees of internal affairs bodies who died in the line of dutytranslated

On November 8, 2026, the Head of the Don Metropolis, Metropolitan of Rostov and Novocherkassk Mercury, performed a memorial service for internal affairs officers who died in the line of duty at the Rostov Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

His Eminence was served by the chairman of the parish council of the cathedral, Archpriest Alexander Bryantsev, the head of the Diocesan Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, Archpriest Valery Voloshchuk, and the clergy of the cathedral.

The head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Rostov Region, Police Lieutenant General Alexander Rechitsky, employees of the internal affairs bodies, as well as the widows of deceased employees prayed during the service.

Before the start of the memorial service, Metropolitan Mercury addressed those present with an archpastoral speech, in which he congratulated law enforcement officers on their upcoming professional holiday, emphasized the importance of their service in defending the Fatherland and called for prayerful commemoration of those killed in the line of duty. In particular, the Metropolitan noted: “Year after year we gather under the arches of this holy church in such large numbers to remember...