On September 27, 2026, Metropolitan Joseph served with the Most Holy Patriarch Kirill during the consecration of the Sretensky Church of the Rizopolsky Monastery in Suzdal, Vladimir Oblast.translated

On September 27, during the Seventeenth Week after Pentecost, the Feast of the World's Exaltation of the Life-Creating Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill visited the city of Suzdal in the Vladimir Oblast, where he performed the great consecration of the Sretensky Church of the Rizopolsky Monastery and celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the newly consecrated church.

Upon his arrival at the monastery, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was received by: the head of the Financial-Household Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Vladimir of Vladimir and Suzdal; Governor of the Vladimir Oblast A.A. Avdeev; Head of the City of Vladimir S.S. Volkov; Head of the City of Suzdal R.V. Kavinov; Abbess of the Rizopolsky Monastery in Suzdal, Igumena Ekateryna (Ivanova); students of the Orthodox School named after St. Arsenius of El阿萨尔 in Suzdal.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill proceeded to the church where he venerated the relics of St. Euphrosyne of Suzdal.

Three altars were consecrated: the central one, dedicated to the Finding of the Cross; the right one, dedicated to the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky; and the left one, dedicated to St. Pantaleimon the Great-martyr and Healer.

During the divine service, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill served with Metropolitan...