Bishop's service in the Pochaev Church of Balashikhatranslated

On September 6, the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Nikolai of Balashikha and Orekhovo-Zuevsky celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Pochaev Church of Balashikha. His Eminence was co-served by the dean of the Balashikha church district, priest Mikhail Konyukhov, the rector of the church, priest Dimitry Smolyakov, and the clergy of the Balashikha deanery. After reading the Gospel, Bishop Nicholas delivered a sermon. At the special litany, special petitions were proclaimed and a prayer was offered for Holy Rus'. According to the sacramental verse, the parish clergyman, Priest Jonah Kuznetsov, read the Patriarchal Appeal in connection with the second discovery of the honorable relics of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy. At the end of the Liturgy, the rector thanked Bishop Nicholas for the service performed, after which His Eminence addressed the concelebrating clergy and pilgrims with an archpastoral word.

In consideration of many years of sacrificial labor and active participation in the financing of crosses and domes for the church, Anton Rolfovich Bork and Konstantin Vasilyevich Krivoruchko were awarded diocesan medals of the holy righteous Basil of Pavlovo-Posad, III degree, Nadezhda Zakharyevna Kibalyuk - a bishop's charter. Then…