On the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, Archbishop Nikanor celebrated the Liturgy at the Resurrection Cathedral in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsktranslated

On October 18, on the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, the Moscow Hierarchs Peter, Theognostus, Alexy, Cyprian, Photius, Jonah, Gerontius, Joasaph, Macarius, Philip, Job, Hermogenes, Tikhon, Peter, Philaret, Innocent and Macarius, Archbishop of South Sakhalin and Kuril Nikanor celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the first Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

The archpastor was co-served by the secretary of the diocese, the rector of the cathedral, Hieromonk Apollinaris (Obukhov), the keymaster of the cathedral, Priest Vladislav Ivlyutin, and the cathedral clergy.

According to the special litany, a prayer was offered for Holy Rus'.

At the end of the Liturgy, Bishop Nikanor consecrated the church image of the Most Holy Theotokos “Life-Giving Source”, painted with the care of the parishioners, and addressed those present with a sermon.

In recognition of his work for the benefit of the Holy Church, cathedral parishioner Pavel Kurochkin was awarded the Blessed Archpastoral Letter.

On the eve of Sunday, the hierarch held an all-night vigil in the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.