On honoring the memory of Archbishop Jonah (Tugarinov) on Vyatka landtranslated

On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 4 p.m., a memorial service will be held for Archbishop Jonah (Tugarinov) and all the archpastors, shepherds, and devotees of the Vyatka land in the Assumption Cathedral. On Wednesday, October 21 at 12.30, on the feast of St. Tryphon of Vyatka and the Council of Vyatka Saints, in the Conference Hall of the Kirov Regional Scientific Library named after A.I. Herzen will host the presentation of the exhibition “St. Jonah of Vyatka: Shepherd, Builder and Educator.” Let us recall that on September 5, 2015, with the blessing of Metropolitan Mark of Vyatka and Slobodsky, the venerable remains of Archbishop Jonah were returned to the Vyatka Diocese and buried in the Assumption Cathedral of the Trifonov Monastery. In 2023, the book “Saint Jonah, Archbishop of Vyatka and Great Perm (1635 – 1699)” was published. The author of the book is Archpriest Alexander Balyberdin. The new edition was published by the Loban printing house, commissioned by the parish of the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Trifonov Monastery in the city of Kirov.

Jonah, Archbishop of Vyatka and Velikoperm (1635 - 1699) The 17th century in the history of the country called Vyatka sometimes seems so old that not only one cannot distinguish facial features, but one cannot even remember names. Meanwhile, it was in the second half of the 17th...