Meeting of the Church-Public Council for Perpetuating the Memory of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Churchtranslated

On November 9, 2026, in the Sergius Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, a regular meeting of the Church-Public Council under the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' was held to perpetuate the memory of the new martyrs and confessors of the Russian Church. The meeting, which was held in an in-person-remote format, was headed by the Chairman of the Church-Public Council, Patriarchal Vicar of the Moscow Metropolis, Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna. The executive secretary of the Church-Public Council, Archpriest Kirill Kaleda, made a report on the activities of the Church-Public Council in 2025-2026. The report also presented the results of the analysis of the implementation in 2025 of the Recommendations to the diocesan bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church on measures to preserve the memory of the new martyrs, confessors and all innocent atheists during the years of persecution (approved by the Holy Synod on December 29, 2022, magazine No. 129).

Adviser to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, presented a message on the development of dialogue with the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation on the issue of reviewing cases of rehabilitation of clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church.…