Solemn service at the Transfiguration Monasterytranslated

On the day of remembrance of St. Victor (Ostrovidov), July 1, 2026, at 8.00, Metropolitan Mark of Vyatka and Slobodsk led the Divine Liturgy at the Transfiguration Convent of the city of Kirov.

His Eminence was served by the secretary of the Vyatka Diocese, the rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Chistye Prudy microdistrict, Priest Vitaly Lapshin, the rector of the Spassky Cathedral in the city of Kirov, Archpriest Sergius Endaltsev, the cleric of the Holy Dormition Trifonov Monastery, Hegumen Veniamin (Veselov), the rector of the Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky of the city of Kirovo-Chepetsk, priest Nikolai Veselov, clergy of the Transfiguration Church, Archpriest Alexander Balyberdin, Archpriest Dimitry Kirillov,

The abbess of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky convent, Abbess Thaddeus (Sivtsova), and the sisters of the monastery prayed during the service.

The service was decorated with church hymns performed by the Bishop's Choir under the regency of Yulia Skopina.

Believers gathered at the festive service to share the joy of joint prayer, thereby prayerfully honoring the memory of St. Victor (Ostrovidov).

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