On the day of remembrance of the holy prophet of God Elijah, Bishop Vladimir performed priestly and diaconal ordinationstranslated

On August 2, 2026, on the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, on the day of remembrance of the holy prophet of God Elijah, Bishop Vladimir of Novokuznetsk and Tashtagol celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church of the same name in the village of Ilyinka.

His Eminence was served by:

secretary of the Novokuznetsk diocesan administration, rector of the Church of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir in Novokuznetsk, priest Alexander Platitsyn;

dean of the Kaltan district, rector of the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in Kaltan, Archpriest Sergius Dobrovolsky;

cleric of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Novokuznetsk, Archpriest Maxim Matveev;

rector of the Temple of Elijah the Prophet s. Ilyinka, Novokuznetsk district, priest Dmitry Kazantsev;

The full-time clergyman of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Novokuznetsk is Deacon Alexander Kosmynin.

At the special litany, special petitions were offered. After the special litany, Bishop Vladimir offered a prayer for Holy Rus'.

At the Great Entrance, the archpastor performed the priestly consecration of a graduate of the Kuzbass Orthodox Theological Seminary, Hierodeacon Sergius (Ashpin), and after the Eucharistic Canon he ordained a graduate of the Kuzbass Orthodox Theological Seminary, Subdeacon Alexander Vorochek...