Archpastoral visit to pre-trial detention center No. 6 in the city of Kolomna 08/12/2026translated

On August 12, 2026, on the day of remembrance of the holy martyr John the Warrior, Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna visited the Federal Penitentiary Center No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Moscow region in the city of Kolomna. At the walls of the institution, Vladyka Pavel was met by: the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Moscow Region, Lieutenant General of the Internal Service Alexander Sergeevich Vetrov, the head of the pretrial detention center No. 6, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service Andrei Vladimirovich Boyko, the chairman of the interdiocesan department for prison ministry of the Moscow Metropolis, Priest Mikhail Kuzyomka, the secretary of the Kolomna diocesan administration, Priest Andrei Zgonnikov, Chairman of the Department for Prison Ministry of the Kolomna Diocese, Priest Alexander Derzhavich, as well as the management and employees of the Moscow Region Penitentiary Department and Pretrial Detention Center. Metropolitan Pavel and Alexander Sergeevich Vetrov unveiled a memorial plaque on the building of the regime building, where from 1854 to 1917, next to the government buildings and the prison, there was a chapel in honor of the holy martyr John the Warrior.

On the secure territory of the pre-trial detention center, Metropolitan Pavel, in concelebration with the clergy of the Moscow Metropolis, performed a prayer service for all Orthodox Christians in prison...