In the Donskoy Starocherkassky Ephraim Monastery they prayerfully honored the memory of the first abbot of the monastery, Archimandrite Modest (Potapov)translated

On October 20, 2026, at the Donskoy Starocherkassk Ephraim Monastery, the Head of the Don Metropolis, Metropolitan of Rostov and Novocherkassk Mercury, performed a funeral litany at the burial site of the first abbot of the revived monastery, Archimandrite Modest (Potapov), located behind the altar of the monastery church of the Don Icon of the Mother of God. The prayerful commemoration took place on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the ascetic of piety of the Don region, which will be celebrated on November 20.

Praying during the service were the abbot of the Donskoy Starocherkassky Ephraim Monastery, Hegumen Sergius (Kolomits), the dean of the monastery, Hieromonk Nikon (Sandulsky), the head of the Diocesan Department for Interaction with the Cossacks, Archpriest Georgy Smorkalov, the chairman of the commission for the canonization of saints of the Don Metropolis, Hieromonk Mavriky (Zvyagintsev), and the inhabitants of the monastery. in holy orders and clergy of the Don Metropolis.

Also present at the service were the Minister of Culture of the Rostov Region Anna Dmitrieva, the abbess of the Holy Iversky Women's Monastery Abbess Rachel (Kovalyova) with the sisters of the monastery, the director of the Starocherkassk Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve Andrey Klyandin and...