The first service took place in the church in the name of Alexander Nevsky in Zasviyazhyetranslated

On July 16, on the day of the transfer of the relics of St. Philip of Moscow, Metropolitan Longin of Simbirsk and Novospassky performed the rite of placing an antimension (small consecration) in the church in the name of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky in the Zasviyazhsky district of Ulyanovsk.

The Bishop noted that this church has a difficult history - there were many difficulties both with the allocation of land for construction and with the construction of a new stone church, and he heartily thanked all the benefactors, donors, the rector and parishioners of the Alexander Nevsky Church - everyone who put their soul and heart into the construction and development of the parish.

For his active contribution to the construction and beautification of the church, the General Director of the Dvortsovy Ryad group of companies, M.N., was awarded the medal of Blessed Andrei Simbirsk, II degree. Uryasov; medal of the Promzinsky image of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, II degree - general director of the clothing factory Elegant LLC A.E. Elyukin.

Then the Bishop celebrated the first Divine Liturgy in the church. His Eminence was co-served by the rector of the church, Archpriest Sergiy Efremov, the secretary of the Simbirsk diocesan administration, Priest Roman Solodko, Archpriest Anatoly Shevchuk, Priest Andrei Butorin, Priest...