On the eve of the celebration of the Council of Saints of the Chelyabinsk Metropolis, a host of bishops held an all-night vigiltranslated

On the eve of the celebration of the Council of Saints of the Chelyabinsk Metropolis, a host of bishops held an all-night vigil in the lower church of the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ. The service was led by: Metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan Vikenty, Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk Clement, Metropolitan of Orenburg and Saraktash Peter, Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk and Miass Alexy, Bishop of Kamensky and Kamyshlovsky Methodius, Bishop of Shadrinsky and Dalmatovsky Vladimir, Bishop of Trinity and Yuzhnouralsky Pavel, Bishop of Nizhny Tagil and Nevyansk Meliton, Bishop of Zlatoust and Satkinsky Seraphim. The archpastors were concelebrated by a host of clergy from the Chelyabinsk diocese. The hymns of the service were performed by the Bishop's Choir of the Magnitogorsk Diocese. Regent - Secretary of the Magnitogorsk Diocese, Hieromonk Lavrenty (Gots). Before the start of the service in the Nativity of Christ Cathedral, a meeting took place between the ark and a particle of the relics of St. Philaret (Drozdov), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna.

The shrine was brought to Chelyabinsk as part of the international book forum-exhibition “Joy of the Word” and in honor of the days of saints of the Chelyabinsk Metropolis. Metropolitan Vincent brought the Ark into the cathedral. Saint Philaret is one of the greatest Russian theologians of the 19th century, an outstanding...