His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presented church orders to bishops, clergy and abbesses of stauropegial monasteriestranslated

July 18, on the feast of the discovery of the venerable relics of St. Sergius, abbot of Radonezh, after a meeting with the delegation of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia at the end of the Divine Liturgy on the Cathedral Square of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' in the Throne Hall of the Patriarchal Apartments of the Lavra presented church awards to a number of bishops, abbesses of stauropegial monasteries and clergy who have especially worked for the benefit of the Holy Church and are celebrating memorable dates this year.