Swearing in of members of the Church Court of the Balashikha Diocese 07/03/2026translated

On July 3, in the building of the Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate, Bishop Nikolai of Balashikha and Orekhovo-Zuevsky, in accordance with the “Regulations on the Ecclesiastical Court of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate),” swore in the members of the Ecclesiastical Court of the Balashikha Diocese. · Archpriest Sergiy Nikolaev – chairman, · Archpriest Alexy Smirnov – deputy chairman, · Hieromonk Lazar (Belomoin) – secretary. After completing the oath, Bishop Nikolai gave farewell to the members of the Diocesan Court and blessed them for their upcoming work. Then the first meeting of the Church Court of the Balashikha diocese took place.