On the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Nikandr celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Smolensk Church of the Skete of the Savior Euthymius Monasterytranslated

On November 1, 2026, on the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Nikandr of Vladimir and Suzdal celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Smolensk Church of the Skete of the Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery, located in the Veretyevo tract.

His Eminence was co-served with the secretary of the Vladimir diocese, rector of the Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery, Hieromonk Arseny (Smirnov); Secretary of the Vladimir Diocese, Priest Nikolai Goyuk; head of the chancellery of the Vladimir diocese, Hieromonk Cyprian (Vlasov); economist of the Vladimir diocese, treasurer of the Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery, Hieromonk Hilarion (Kopytin); personal secretary of Metropolitan Nikandra, Hieromonk Macarius (Varezhkin); clergyman of the Holy Dormition Cathedral in the city of Vladimir, Priest Vasily Valchu; dean of the Hospital Deanery of the Vladimir Diocese, rector of the Princely Church of the city of Vladimir, Priest Rodion Cheban; the rector of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord in the city of Vladimir, Priest Boris Semyonov, as well as other clergy of the Vladimir diocese.

The liturgical hymns were performed by the Bishop's Choir under the direction of regent Roman Klimentovsky.

The monastery’s patron Alexander Gennadievich Shishkin, director of the Vladimir Regional Music College, prayed during the service...