On the patronal feast day, Metropolitan Seraphim celebrated the liturgy in the Church of the Hieromartyr John of Rigatranslated

On October 12, 2026, on the 92nd anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop John of Riga, Metropolitan Seraphim of Penza and Nizhnelomovsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church in the village of Zasechnoe, dedicated to this saint. His Eminence was co-served with the secretary of the Pengza diocese, Archpriest Pavel Matyushechkin, the rector of the church in honor of the Hieromartyr John of Riga in Penza, the dean of the Ioanno-Riga city district, Priest Sergius Ivanov, priests Alexander Yakunin, […]