At the gymnasium dedicated to St Seraphim of Sarov, meetings were held on maintaining purity in speech – News – Novosibirsk Metropolitanatetranslated

At the meeting, Archbishop Varafy, protopriest Igor Morozov, the dean of the church, and priest Evgeny Laptew, along with the parish council, discussed issues related to building a new church... On September 27, during the great feast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross, Metropolitan Novosibirsk and Berdsk Varafy celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Ascension Cathedral... On September 26, on the eve of the great feast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross, Metropolitan Novosibirsk and Berdsk Varafy conducted all-night vigil in the Ascension Cathedral... On September 25, meetings were held with Vera Nikolaevna Mironova, a speaker of the All-Russian socio-educational project "Russia Without Profanity".