In the Church of the Righteous Paul of Taganrog, Matveev Kurgan, a solemn service and consecration of the bust of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky took placetranslated

On November 8, 2026, on the Sunday of the 23rd Pentecost, the day of remembrance of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica, a solemn service was held in the Church of the Righteous Paul in the Taganrog village of Matveev Kurgan.

The Divine Liturgy was led by the chairman of the commission for the canonization of saints of the Don Metropolis, rector of the St. Nicholas Church in the city of Taganrog, Hieromonk Mauritius (Zvyagintsev). Concelebrating with him were the dean of the Matveevo-Kurgan district, the rector of the Church of the Righteous Paul of Taganrog, Priest Evgeniy Zaitsev, and the rector of the Church of the Intercession in the village of Anastasievka, Priest John Ptashinsky.

The hymns of the service were performed by the youth choir of the Church of the Martyr Tatiana at the DSTU in Rostov-on-Don under the direction of regent Kristina Skopintseva.

With the blessing of Metropolitan Mercury of Rostov and Novocherkassk, the bust of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky was consecrated following a prayer behind the pulpit. In the future, the bust will take its place in the center of Molodezhny Park in the village of Matveev Kurgan.

Praying during the service were the head of the administration of the Matveevo-Kurgan district Dina Alborova, the head of the administration of the Matveevo-Kurgan rural settlement Galina Shchetkova, cadets of the youth Cossack organization “Dontsy”,…