Metropolitan Vincent and Metropolitan Alexy celebrated the Liturgy in the Church of the Crosstranslated

Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan and Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the cross church in honor of St. Joasaph of Belgorod on the territory of the Chelyabinsk diocesan administration. The abbess of the Holy Trinity St. Nicholas Convent in Tashkent, Abbess Ekaterina (Malgina), prayed during the service. The hymns were performed by the Bishop's male choir "Axios". On June 12, 2025, a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District, Metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan Vincent led the rite of the Great Consecration of the Cross Church. Today, a year later, the archpastor noted how beautiful it is to pray and celebrate the Liturgy there. “We thank, dear Bishop, for the service in this beautiful church of St. Joasaph of Belgorod, our Russian, zealous saint, who carried out a special service in our Church and was the vicar of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra,” said Bishop Vincent at the end of the service. Metropolitan Alexy thanked Metropolitan Vincent for the joint prayer. The ruling bishop regularly performs divine services in the cross church, designed to preserve shrines...