On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Enisei Diocese, Metropolitan Nikita and Metropolitan Ignatius celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Baptism of the Lord in the city of Eniseisk.translated

On September 13, during the Fifteenth Week after Pentecost, Metropolitan Krasnoyarsk and Achinsk Nikita and Metropolitan Perm and Kungur Ignatius celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Baptism of the Lord in the city of Eniseisk.

The archpastors were assisted by: Secretary of the Enisei Diocese Protopresbyter Ilya Koslyak and clergy from the Krasnoyarsk Metropolitan District.

The liturgical chants were performed by the cathedral choir.

After the Liturgy, special prayers for the preservation of the family and the Christian teaching on marriage were raised, as well as a prayer to the holy Righteous Prince Peter and his pious wife Fevronia.

Following the dismissal of the Liturgy, the archbishops celebrated a thanksgiving prayer, after which a long life was prayed for His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill, all metropolitans of the diocese, clergy, and all Orthodox Christians.

In recognition of their efforts for the benefit of the Church, medals from the Enisei Diocese — of Saint Righteous Daniel — were awarded to Protopresbyter Gennady Fast, Head of the Enisey Municipal District Eugene Petrenko, and Director of the Enisey Pedagogical College Elena Bulakh. Several benefactors and supporters of the cathedral received archiepiscopal certificates.

Archbishops Nikita and Ignatius addressed those present with an archpastoral word, congratulating them on this festive…