Bishop's service in the Tikhvin Church in Noginsktranslated

On July 9, on the day of remembrance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Bishop Nikolai of Balashikha and Orekhovo-Zuevsky celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Tikhvin Church in Noginsk. Concelebrating with His Eminence were the dean of the Bogorodsk church district, Archpriest Mark Ermolaev, the dean of the Orekhovo-Zuevsky church district, hieromonk Andrey (Korobkov), the dean of the Likino-Dulevsky church district, priest Anthony Ryzhakov, the rector of the church, priest Sergius Makarov, and the secretary of the Interdepartmental Coordination Group for Teaching Theology in Universities, Archpriest Valentin Vasechko and the clergy of the Moscow Metropolis. After reading the Gospel, Bishop Nicholas delivered a sermon. At the special litany, special petitions were proclaimed and a prayer was offered for Holy Rus'. During the service, the cleric of the Epiphany Cathedral, reader Tikhon Ermolaev, was ordained a deacon. At the end of the service, Father Superior, on behalf of the concelebrating clergy, greeted the ruling bishop and presented him with a staff. Then His Eminence addressed the concelebrating clergy and pilgrims with an archpastoral word and presented diocesan awards on the occasion of the 180th anniversary of the founding of the church: Ilya Sergeevich Aksenov and Mikhail Zurabovich...



