Bishop's service on the Day of the Holy Spirittranslated

The Divine Liturgy on June 1, 2026, on the Day of the Holy Spirit and the day of remembrance of the Holy Blessed Prince Dimitry Donskoy - the patronal feast of the Irkutsk church in the name of the holy prince - was performed by Metropolitan Maximilian of Irkutsk and Angarsk, concelebrating with the clergy of the diocese. Priests and parishioners of the Irkutsk Alexander Nevsky Church - good friends and collaborators of the parish in interesting projects - also arrived to share the joy with the clergy and parishioners. In his sermon before Communion, Archpriest Leonid Nikiforov reminded parishioners of the gracious role and Mystery of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church and the life of every Christian. Bishop Maximilian also addressed the parishioners with an ardent exhortation to “live holyly - and this means joyfully and happily”, “live in the bosom of the Church that the Lord created”, “do good and works of mercy” - to be, according to the Word of the Lord, “completely unusual people”, who have corrected their pride and changed under the guidance of the Holy Spirit” and surprising those around them by the fact that in any circumstances they remain choosing to live according to the Commandments God, to draw strength from God and remain “bright, merciful and happy”, like our saints, “who accepted the Teaching and Grace and did the work...