Working trip of Archbishop of Podolsk and Lyubertsy Aksii to the Yerevan-Armenian Diocese 09.14.2026translated

On September 12, a meeting of the Diocesan Council of the Yerevan-Armenian Diocese was held in the Church of the Intercession in Yerevan, chaired by the temporary administrator of the Yerevan-Armenian Diocese, Archbishop of Podolsk and Lyubertsy Aksy. The meeting was attended by: the secretary of the Yerevan diocesan administration, Archpriest Arseny Grigoryants, the cleric of the Intercession Church in Yerevan, Archpriest Vladimir Glazachev, and the person responsible for work with youth, Priest Andrey Galoyan. At the beginning of the meeting, Archbishop Aksy addressed the participants. Then there was a discussion of current affairs in the diocese and plans for the coming period. On September 12, the temporary administrator of the Yerevan-Armenian diocese, Archbishop of Podolsk and Lyubertsy Aksy, took monastic vows in the Assumption Church of the monastic female community of the city of Yerevan. The Bishop tonsured the nun Augusta (Avetisyan) into the mantle and gave her the name Alexander - in honor of the blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky.

Then Archbishop Aksiy turned to the newly tonsured nun Alexandra with words of archpastoral parting words, wishing her God’s endless help, patience, zeal for the Lord and firmness in carrying out her monastic feat. On September 13, the Archbishop of Podolsk and...