Celebrations took place in Tashkent on the occasion of the 155th anniversary of the Tashkent diocese and the 15th anniversary of the formation of the Central Asian Metropolitan Districttranslated
On November 12, 2026, on the day of remembrance of the Council of Saints of the Central Asian Metropolitan District and the Hieromartyr Zinovy, Bishop of Egei, the main divine service was held in the capital of Uzbekistan as part of large-scale celebrations dedicated to the 155th anniversary of the formation of the Turkestan diocese and the 15th anniversary of the Central Asian Metropolitan District. The festive Divine Liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of Tashkent was led by Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan.
His Eminence was served by a host of archpastors: Patriarchal Vicar of the Moscow Metropolis, Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna; Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavsky Veniamin; representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East under the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', Metropolitan Niphon of Philippopolis; Chairman of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk; Metropolitan Zinovy of Saransk and Mordovia; Metropolitan Sergius of Barnaul and Altai; Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass; Bishop of Krasnoslobodsky and Temnikovsky Clement; Bishop of Rybinsk and Romanovo-Borisoglebsk Veniamin; Bishop of Orsk and Gai Irenaeus; bishop…
