Volokolamsk Antony at the feast of the Antioch Church in Moscowtranslated

On July 26, 2026, liturgical events were held in the Metohi of the Orthodox Church of Antioch in Moscow on the occasion of the festival of Metohi, which is celebrated in the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the church of the same name by the president of the Department of External Church Relations (TEES) of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, Mr. Antonios, the representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East in addition to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and head of Metoch, Metropolitan of Philippopolis, Mr. Nifon, the Metropolitan of Mount Lebanon Mr. Silouanos and Metropolitan of Zahle and Baalbek Mr. Antonios.

Also collaborating were the representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All the Russians in addition to the Patriarch of the Great Theopolis of Antioch and all the East Archimandrite Philip Vasiltsev, the cleric of the Holy Metropolis of Zakhle Archimandrite Jeremiah Azam, the rector of the Balamad Theological University Archimandrite Chrysostomos El Meserki, clerics of temple.

Also present was a praying group of students from Balamad University, who arrived in Russia on the eve to attend courses at the Summer Institute, which was organized...