Attention to the media: accreditation has been opened for the solemn meeting of the right hand of St. Spyridon of Trimythoustranslated

On Friday, September 11, 2026, at 21:00, the greatest Christian shrine - the right hand of St. Spyridon of Trimythous - will arrive in Yekaterinburg.

Accreditation of media representatives will last until 18:00 Thursday, September 10, 2026, by mobile. +7 922 146 11 40 (max).

The solemn meeting of the ark with the right hand of the saint in the Church-Monument on the Blood will be led by Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Evgeniy, as well as the bishops of the Yekaterinburg Metropolis. Immediately after the meeting, a prayer service to St. Spyridon will be performed, after which the head of the metropolis and the persons accompanying the shrine will address those gathered.

ATTENTION! Gathering of accredited media representatives on September 11 at 20:30 at the entrance to the Tsarsky center. The press approach will take place at the end of the service at the “southern” entrance to the church.

Please note that access to the shrine for prayerful veneration will be open around the clock.

During the stay of the right hand in the upper aisle of the Church on the Blood, five divine services are planned by the bishop's order - night and morning Divine Liturgies, as well as the Saturday All-Night Vigil.

Prayer in front of the ark with the great shrine will be offered unceasingly: prayer singing with the reading of the Akathist to the saint...