Archpastoral Visit of Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga Varsonofiy to Priozersktranslated

On the 18th Week after Pentecost, the feast of the Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross of our Lord, on October 4, Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga Varsonofiy, temporarily administering the Vologda Diocese, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Priozersk.

His Eminence was served by the eparchial secretary, protopriest Sergei Kuksevich, the Vologda eparchial secretary, protopriest Igor Aksonov, the dean of the Priozersk deanery, protopriest Sergei Belkov, the abbot of the Konovsky Monastery, archimandrite Alexander (Arva), the rector, protopriest Dimitry Zvezdilin, and other clergy.

Deacon Alexander Zhdanov, the reader of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Krasnodar, was ordained a deacon.

Metropolitan addressed the faithful with a sermon.

An icon of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos was presented to the church. A cross with decorations was given to the rector.

Father Dimitry thanked the metropolitan for the joint prayer and presented him with a painting of the cathedral in Priozersk.

The deputy head of the Priozersk district administration, Ivan Plytus, greeted the archpastor with a welcoming word.