On the day of the celebration of the memory of St. Anthony the Roman, Metropolitan Alexy celebrated the Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christtranslated

On the day of the celebration of the memory of St. Anthony the Roman, Novgorod miracle worker, Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the lower church of the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Chelyabinsk. The clergy of the cathedral concelebrated with the archpastor. The hymns were performed by the Bishop's male choir "Axios". In his sermon, Metropolitan Alexy cordially congratulated everyone on Sunday, and the communicants on receiving the Holy Mysteries of Christ. The archpastor focused on a passage from the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 18:23-35) read during the service, in which our Lord Jesus Christ compares the Kingdom of Heaven with a king who wanted to “get even with his servants.” The sovereign forgives the slave a huge debt that the debtor was unable to repay. The slave goes and demands a much smaller debt from his comrade and puts him in prison until he pays it back. The sovereign punishes the merciless and ungrateful slave. “We must be merciful.

The Dormition Fast is underway, when we work on our soul, try to get closer to God through abstinence and prayer. But it is works of mercy that can lead us to the Kingdom of Heaven. The Lord says: be merciful, because your Father is merciful...