Prayer service for employees of the penal system of the Moscow region in the Trinity Church of Reutovtranslated

On September 4, the chairman of the Interdiocesan Department of the Moscow Metropolis for prison ministry and assistant to the head of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Moscow region for organizing work with believers, priest Mikhail Kuzyomka, co-served by the priest Sergius Golovenko, who is responsible in the Balashikha deanery for prison ministry, performed a prayer service to St. Pimen of Ugreshsky, the patron saint of employees of the penitentiary system, in Trinity Church of Reutov. Praying during the service were the head of the Moscow Region Penitentiary Department, Lieutenant General of the Internal Service Alexander Vetrov, with his deputies, employees of departments and services of the Main Directorate, management and personnel of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Moscow Region. At the end of the service, Father Mikhail addressed those present with a pastoral word, wishing the employees of the department God’s help and the prayerful intercession of the Monk Pimen in their life and work.

The Venerable Pimen of Ugreshsky was identified as the heavenly patron of workers in the penitentiary system by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' in March 2024. On the territory of the Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery in the city of Dzerzhinsky, a…