His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrated Little Vespers with the reading of an akathist to St. Sergius of Radonezh at the Trinity-Sergius Lavra on 10/07/2026translated

On October 7, 2026, on the eve of the day of remembrance of St. Sergius, abbot of Radonezh, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' arrived at the Holy Trinity Lavra of Sergius. Upon arrival at the monastery, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church proceeded to the Trinity Cathedral. At the entrance to the Cathedral, His Holiness the Patriarch was met by the acting head of the Sergiev Posad urban district of the Moscow region, A.V. Luzhetsky and others. His Holiness venerated the venerable relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh, as well as the “Trinity” icon written by St. Andrei Rublev. Then, in the Trinity Cathedral, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill led the service of Little Vespers with the reading of an akathist to St. Sergius.

Concelebrating with His Holiness were: Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District; Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius; Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna, Patriarchal Vicar of the Moscow Metropolis; Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavsky, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus; Metropolitan Gregory of the Resurrection, manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Nikandr of Vladimir and Suzdal, Chairman...