On the eve of the 5th Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Vikenty and Metropolitan Alexy led an all-night vigil in the Church of the Intercession in the village of Bulzitranslated

On the evening of July 4, on the eve of the celebration of the memory of the Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata (380) and the 5th Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan and Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass led an all-night vigil in the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Bulzi.

The archpastors were concelebrated by the secretary of the Chelyabinsk diocese, Archpriest Igor Shestakov, and the clergy. The hymns were performed by the Bishop's Choir under the direction of regent Marina Goman.

During the service, children vacationing in the Orthodox camp “Heir” prayed, led by the head of the Youth Department of the Chelyabinsk Diocese, Archpriest Yaroslav Ivanov. Also praying at the service were the sisters of the monastic community at the Church of the Intercession, along with their elder sister, nun Feodosia (Novgorodtseva).

During the reading of the canon, Metropolitan Vincent anointed the believers with consecrated oil.

Tomorrow the Church celebrates the memory of the Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata (380), who firmly stood for the Orthodox confession of faith, approved at the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325, for which he suffered persecution from the Arians, who repeatedly deprived him of his see and drove him into prison. Accepted death from the Arians: an Aryan woman...