Why are not all saints remembered by name at services?translated

Reader question:

At the evening service, the priest, standing in the middle of the church, lists the names of all the saints from the righteous Joachim and Anna, the Apostles, and so on to our times, asking for their prayers and intercession. I often attend evening services, listen carefully, but I don’t hear the names of Sergius of Radonezh and Seraphim of Sarov in this list. This seems strange to me, because when the Patriarch is remembered, they say that he is the archimandrite of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

Vera

Priest's answer:

Archpriest Mikhail SAMOKHIN

Press Secretary of the Pyatigorsk and Circassian diocese;  Head of Information and Publishing Department; head of the missionary department of the Pyatigorsk and Circassian diocese.

Hello, Vera!

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