The rector of the Ekaterinodar Theological Seminary concelebrated with Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea and Bishop Savva of Armavir and Labinsktranslated

On October 4, 2026, on the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, on the day of remembrance of the saints who shone in the land of Kuban, Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea, Chairman of the Patriarchal Council for Culture, and Bishop Savva of Armavir and Labinsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Vladimir at the courtyard of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill in the village of Argatov, Ust-Labinsk region.

At the entrance to the church, the bishops were met by the head of the administration of the municipal formation of the Ust-Labinsky district Stanislav Aleksandrovich Gainyuchenko, Cossacks and young parishioners of the church.

The archpastors were concelebrated by the rector of the Ekaterinodar Theological Seminary, Priest Andrei Kretov, and the first vice-rector for academic affairs, Priest Alexander Livensky, clergy of the Armavir and Ekaterinodar dioceses, as well as the clergy of the Patriarchal Metochion and the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

Together with the clergy of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, the icon and relics of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, arrived in the Argatov farm. Believers reverently venerated the relics, and before the icon of the saint, prayers were offered for protection and strengthening in the faith.

Liturgical chants were performed by a combined choir...