On the eve of the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Seraphim celebrated an all-night vigil in the Spassky Cathedraltranslated

October 3, 2026 · 1 min read

On the evening of October 3, 2026, on the eve of the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, after the Exaltation, on the eve of the discovery of the relics of St. Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov (1752), Metropolitan Seraphim of Penza and Nizhnelomovsk celebrated an all-night vigil in the Spassky Cathedral of Penza. Concelebrating with His Eminence were the sacristan of the Spassky Cathedral, Priest Nikolai Batishchev, Archpriest Vladimir Olkhov and Priest Georgy Nasonov, deacons Bogdan Yavorsky, […]

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Ірина Бойко

God bless you for your service. It's nice that they mentioned the discovery of the relics of Saint Dimitry of Rostov - tomorrow is his memorial. In our cathedral, they often serve all-night service in the same calm and concentrated manner.

Николай Петков

God save you, Bishop. It's nice that they mentioned tomorrow's memory of the found relics of Saint Dimitriy of Rostov - here in Varna, he is also very revered. And the vesnochnaya in the Spassky Cathedral, judging by the description, passed peacefully, just like at Irina's in their church.

Красимира Василева

Lord have mercy, Nicholas. We also venerate St. Dimitry of Rostov in Plovdiv, especially after the children in the school read excerpts from his "Fourteen Martyrs' Menaion." Interestingly, do you have an icon of him in your church or perhaps relics in Varna?

Методи Митев

It is interesting that the children in Tarnovo read exactly from his "Read-Mines" - my wife also uses them for reading at home. I have not seen relics in Varna, but in the church "St. Nicholas" there is an icon of him next to the iconostasis, quite old. And do you in Tarnovo celebrate his memory with some service at school?

Світлана Коваленко

God save you, Bishop. It's nice that they mentioned the discovery of the relics of St. Dimitry just the day before - he is also revered here in Kharkiv, especially after my husband brought home his Chetyi-Minei from the book fair. And the all-night service in the Spassky Cathedral, judging by the description, was just as focused as it was in Iryna's.

Тарас Шевчук

God save you, Svetlana. It's good that the man brought "Chetya-Minea" by Dimitriy Rostovskyi - many people read them in Lviv, especially in the parish. And in what year did he buy them at the fair, if it's not a secret?

Максим Лисенко

Thank you, Taras. I have "Chetya-Minei" by Dimitry Rostovsky back in 2008, I bought it at a fair near the Lavra in Kyiv. And in Lviv, in which parish do you read this volume the most?

Надежда Стоянова

Yes, and we in Burgas have his icon in the "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" church - small, but very old, next to the south wall. My daughter also reads excerpts from the Read-Minais at school, especially about the saints in the fall. Are you in Tarnovo doing something special for October 21 in the church?

Христо Христов

Interesting that the icon is so old and stands right next to the south wall. Here in Sofia, on October 21st, we usually serve liturgy and then read the life of St. Demetrius of Rostov, without doing anything special. And in which school does your daughter study from Cheti-Mineite, in Burgas?