A Liturgy was celebrated in the church of the Professional Training Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Novosibirsk Region – News – Novosibirsk Metropolistranslated

On August 11, Metropolitan Bartholomew of Novosibirsk and Berdsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church in the name of the Holy Blessed Prince Dimitry Donskoy at the Professional Training Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Novosibirsk Region. Concelebrating with the Most Reverend Bishop was the secretary of the Novosibirsk Diocesan Administration, Archpriest Georgy Patrin, the dean of the New Nicholas Deanery, Archpriest Sergius Konovalov, the cleric of the Assumption Church in Novosibirsk, Priest Vitaly Gulyaev, the personal secretary of Metropolitan Bartholomew, Priest Mikhail Dutka, the head by the office of the Novosibirsk Diocesan Administration, Protodeacon Alexander Egorov. The liturgical chants were performed by the small choir of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral under the direction of regent Marina Konovalova. The special litany included special petitions for unity, then the bishop read a prayer for Holy Rus'. The sermon before Communion was delivered by Priest Vitaly Gulyaev.

At the end of the service, glorification was performed and a prayer was read to the holy noble prince Demetrius Donskoy. Metropolitan Bartholomew in his speech congratulated the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Novosibirsk Region Andrei Vladimirovich Kulkov,...