Consecration of the Church of St. Basil the Great in the Nikolo-Berlyukov Hermitagetranslated

On July 15, Bishop Nikolai of Balashikha and Orekhovo-Zuevsky made an archpastoral visit to the Nikolo-Berlyukov Hermitage. On this day, Bishop Nicholas performed the great consecration of the gate church of St. Basil the Great, the consecration of the Intercession Chapel near the monastery and the water-blessed chapel-canopy on the territory of the monastery, after which he led the Divine Liturgy in the Trinity Cathedral. His Eminence was co-served by the dean of the monasteries of the Balashikha diocese and the rector of the monastery, hegumen Evmeny (Lagutin), the dean of the Orekhovo-Zuevsky church district, hieromonk Andrei (Korobkov), the rector of the Pokrovsko-Vasilevsky monastery, hegumen Andrei (Tonkov), and the rector of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Guslitsky monastery, hegumen Seraphim (Golovanov) and the clergy of the monastery. Praying during the service were the abbess of the Nikitsky Byvalinsky convent, Abbess Kapitolina (Filippenko), the general director of the Investstroy enterprise, Sergei Aleksandrovich Kapitonov, the president of the Guta group, Alexey Anatolyevich Kharin, parishioners of the monastery and pilgrims. After reading the Gospel, Bishop Nicholas delivered a sermon. At the special litany, special petitions were read and a prayer was offered for Holy Rus'. During the Liturgy the monk...