News of the Izhevsk and Udmurt diocesetranslated

On August 19, 2026, on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Metropolitan Victorin of Izhevsk and Udmurtia led the patronal feast in the Transfiguration Church in the city of Votkinsk. This oldest church in the city has been one of the spiritual centers for Orthodox Votkinsk residents for more than a century. Patronal celebrations, when the Church remembers the gospel event on Mount Tabor, attracted many parishioners and clergy. After the service, Metropolitan Victorin addressed the believers with an archpastoral speech, in which he recalled the Gospel events that preceded the Tabor miracle and how important it is to preserve the vision of the Kingdom of Heaven. “If we turn to the Gospel of Matthew, we will see that the day before the Lord asked the disciples: “Who do people say that I am?” Simon Peter, illuminated from above, made a great confession: “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” For the first time this truth was heard from the lips of a person. And so, on Mount Tabor, the Lord revealed the Kingdom of Heaven to the apostles. They were so shocked by His beauty and light that they carried these memories until the end of their days.

Can we, people of the 21st century, see the Kingdom of Heaven? Can. Just not on Mount Tabor, but here on earth. Saint Gregory Palamas said...