Metropolitan Gregory of the Resurrection celebrated the Liturgy at St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Squaretranslated

August 15, 2026 · 1 min read

On August 15, on the day of memory of Blessed Basil of Moscow, Christ for the Fool's sake, wonderworker, the first vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for Moscow, the head of the Central Vicariate, Metropolitan Gregory of the Resurrection celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. Basil's Cathedral) on Krasnaya area.

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Василь Коваль

It is good that Metropolitan Grigory performed the service precisely on the day of the memory of Blessed Basil. The church on Red Square always reminds how a fool could tell the truth even to kings. I wonder if many people were able to come to the Liturgy itself.

Δήμητρα Αθανασίου

It's good that the Liturgy took place exactly on St. Basil's Day. I remember my husband and I went years ago and the church was full of tourists, but in the procession you felt something different. Really, how many people actually got in?

Daniel Brown

Yeah, timing it right on St. Basil's day makes sense. I remember reading how he once told off Ivan the Terrible right there in Moscow, and the cathedral still feels like that kind of bold witness. Wonder if they let regular folks in for the Liturgy or if it was mostly clergy this time.

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