Metropolitan Barsanuphius met with the head of the GUFSIN - St. Petersburg Metropolistranslated

September 7, 2026 · 1 min read

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Metropolitan Barsanuphius met with the head of the GUFSIN St. Petersburg Metropolis

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Михаил Белов

It’s good that such meetings take place. In our colonies, many inmates seek faith, especially when it’s really hard. I hope that after this conversation, priests will be allowed in there without unnecessary red tape.

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ქეთევან ლომიძე

It is good that Metropolitan Varsonoff personally met the elder. A boy I know was in the colony of St. Petersburg, he didn't even hang a cross until then, then when he was allowed to become a priest, his life really started to change. Hopefully, they will enter more easily now.

Paul Johnson

Good to see the Metropolitan taking the time to meet the head of the prison service in person. Our choir director's brother spent a stretch in one of those Petersburg colonies a few years back; once the priest could get in regularly it made a real difference for him. Hope this leads to fewer bureaucratic headaches for the visiting clergy.

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