Metropolitan Evgeniy and Bishop Sergius celebrated the All-Night Vigil at the Novo-Tikhvin Convent in Yekaterinburgtranslated

On the evening of September 11, 2026, on the eve of the day of remembrance of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky, Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Evgeniy and Bishop of Alapaevsky and Irbitsky Sergius celebrated the All-Night Vigil in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of the Novo-Tikhvin Convent. On the day of remembrance of the holy blessed Alexander Nevsky, September 12, the monastery celebrates the patronal celebration of the main monastery church and the holiday of the entire monastery.

The archpastors were co-served by the clergy of the church, including the head of the Office of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechesis, the cleric of the monastery in the name of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers in the Ganina Yama tract, Hieromonk Simeon (Seregin), as well as protodeacons Igor Romanenko and Dimitry Tarantin, and other clergy of the Ekaterinburg diocese.

The abbess of the Alexander Nevsky Novo-Tikhvin Monastery, Abbess Domnika (Korobeinikova) and the sisters of the monastery prayed during the service.

The sisters of the Novo-Tikhvin Convent sang chants during the service.

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