A host of archpastors celebrated the Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Ascension of Christ in Magnitogorsktranslated

On October 12, in the Cathedral of the Ascension of Christ in the city of Magnitogorsk, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District, Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk Clement, Chairman of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk and Miass Alexy, head of the Chelyabinsk metropolis, Bishop of Birsk and Beloretsk Spiridon, Bishop of Magnitogorsk and Verkhneuralsk Zosima, Bishop of Trinity and South Uralsk Pavel, Bishop of Zlatoust and Satkinsky Seraphim. The archpastors were served by numerous clergy of the Magnitogorsk diocese. Before the start of the service, a reliquary with a particle of the relics of St. Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow, was delivered to the cathedral. The shrine arrived as part of the Orthodox exhibition-forum “Joy of the Word”. Also, a boot and an icon of St. Spyridon of Trimythous were brought from the island of Corfu to the Ascension Cathedral for the worship of believers.

The Divine Liturgy in Magnitogorsk continues the celebration of the Council of Saints of the Chelyabinsk Metropolis. The Council of the South Ural saints of God is headed by the Hieromartyr Peter (Polyansky), Metropolitan of Krutitsky, who spent the last years of his life in Verkhneuralsk...