The funeral service for Archpriest Vyacheslav Pushkarev was performed by two bishopstranslated

On July 25, 2026, the Irkutsk diocese saw off the entire land of the Dean of the Second Irkutsk Regional Church District, the rector of the Holy Trinity Church in the village of Khomutovo, Archpriest Vyacheslav Pushkarev, who tragically died on July 20 at the age of 60 as a result of an accident on the Baikal highway near the entrance to Listvyanka. The funeral service for Archpriest Vyacheslav in the Holy Trinity Church in the village of Khomutovo was led by two bishops: Metropolitan Maximilian of Irkutsk and Angarsk and Bishop of Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk Konstantin, co-served by the clergy of the diocese. Relatives, clergy of the diocese, friends, co-workers and parishioners of various churches came to say goodbye to Father Vyacheslav, in whose fate the priest played an important role: he helped them come to God, supported them in difficult times, accepted the first confession in their life, and everyone who knew and loved the priest, including representatives of other faiths with whom Father Vyacheslav had good relations. After the funeral service, before the burial, people came to say goodbye to their beloved spiritual mentor for more than an hour. In his farewell speech at the tomb, Metropolitan Maximilian emphasized that Archpriest Vyacheslav was for him “a true friend, a person to whom one could turn in sorrow, and in joy, and for...