At a meeting of the Church and Public Council for perpetuating the memory of new martyrs and confessors of the Russian Church, the work of the Yekaterinburg diocese was notedtranslated

On November 9, 2026, in the Sergius Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, a regular meeting of the Church-Public Council under the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia was held to perpetuate the memory of the new martyrs and confessors of the Russian Church.

The meeting, which was held in an in-person-remote format, was headed by the Chairman of the Church and Public Council, Patriarchal Vicar of the Moscow Metropolis, Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna.

The executive secretary of the Church-Public Council, Archpriest Kirill Kaleda, made a report on the activities of the Church-Public Council in 2025-2026. The report also presented the results of the analysis of the implementation in 2025 of the Recommendations to the diocesan bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church on measures to preserve the memory of the new martyrs, confessors and all innocent atheists during the years of persecution (approved by the Holy Synod on December 29, 2022, magazine No. 129).

Most dioceses, the report notes, reported various forms of activity to perpetuate the memory of the new martyrs. The most interesting reports reflecting active work in this area are presented by Yekaterinburg, Rostov and...