Metropolitan Seraphim celebrated a memorial service for Archpriest Iakov Burlutskytranslated

On October 20, 2026, in the Resurrection Church at the Bishop’s House, Metropolitan Seraphim of Penza and Nizhnelomovsk celebrated a memorial service for Archpriest Jacob Burlutsky (1819–1886), the first editor of the journal “Penza Diocesan Gazette”, the founder of Penza church local history. Concelebrating with His Eminence were Priest Georgy Nasonov and Deacon Kirill Veigo. The liturgical hymns were performed by the choir of the clergy of the Penza diocese under the direction of Archpriest Vladimir Olkhov. […]