Festive all-night vigil on the eve of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Marytranslated

On September 20, 2026, on the eve of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a solemn all-night vigil by the bishop's service took place in the Epiphany Cathedral in Irkutsk. Concelebrating with the Most Reverend Bishop were the brethren of the church: the secretary of the Irkutsk diocese, the keymaster of the cathedral, priest Stefan Bazhkov, priests Nikolai Podymakhin, Evgeny Kopytov, Vyacheslav Kupriyanov, Sergiy Kashurin; Protodeacon Dimitry Bukharov and deacons Peter Novoselov, Vladimir Sokolov and Sergiy Bibikov. The joy of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin - the beginning of our salvation - was evident in all the hymns reverently performed by the bishop's choir of the Epiphany Cathedral under the direction of regent Trofim Popodko. Tomorrow, on the day of the holiday, Bishop Maximilian will celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the home church of the Orthodox gymnasium in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Irkutsk.

Irkutsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church The boundaries of the diocese include the Irkutsk, Angarsk, Zhigalovsky, Zalarinsky, Kachugsky, Olkhonsky, Slyudyansky, Usolsky, Ust-Udinsky, Cheremkhovo, Shelekhovsky districts and the Ust-Ordynsky Buryat district of the Irkutsk region. 664035, Russia, Irkutsk, st. Angarskaya, 14 +7-3952-77-87-30…