On the day of remembrance of the Hieromartyr Peter (Polyansky), Metropolitan of Krutitsky, the archpastors celebrated the Liturgytranslated

On the day of the celebration of the memory of the Hieromartyr Peter (Polyansky), Metropolitan of Krutitsky, the Divine Liturgy in the St. Simeon Cathedral was led by Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk Clement, Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk and Miass Alexy, Bishop of Trinity and Yuzhnouralsk Pavel, Bishop of Zlatoust and Satkinsky Seraphim. The archpastors were concelebrated by the secretary of the Chelyabinsk diocese, Archpriest Igor Shestakov, the dean of the Bishop's deanery, Archpriest Boris Krivonogov, the clergy of St. Simeon's Cathedral, headed by the clergyman, Archpriest Vladimir Manichev, and the clergy of the Chelyabinsk diocese. The hymns were performed by the Bishop's Choir under the direction of regent Marina Goman. The Divine Liturgy in St. Simeon's Cathedral continued the celebration of the Council of Saints of the Chelyabinsk Metropolis, which is headed by Hieromartyr Peter (Polyansky), whose memory is celebrated today.

On October 10, 1937, the Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne, Metropolitan Peter, was shot in the Verkhneuralsk prison near Magnitogorsk. In his sermon, Metropolitan Vincent cordially congratulated everyone on the celebration of the memory of the Hieromartyr Peter of Krutitsky. "Metropolitan Peter...