The right hand of St. Spyridon of Trimifunt was met in Yekaterinburg: Bishop Theognostus took part in the solemn ceremonytranslated

On September 11, 2026, at 21:00, the right hand of St. Spyridon of Trimythous, a great Christian shrine, was brought to the Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg. The Ural capital was gripped by a special prayerful mood: thousands of believers came to venerate the shrine.

The solemn meeting ceremony was led by the archpastors of the Yekaterinburg Metropolis: Metropolitan Evgeniy of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye, Bishop Feognost of Serov and Krasnoturinsky, Bishop Sergius of Alapaevsk and Irbit, Bishop Meliton of Nizhny Tagil and Nevyansk - in the concelebration of clergy of the Yekaterinburg Metropolis. The ark with the right hand arrived in Yekaterinburg, accompanied by Archimandrite Christodoulos (Triantafilos).

The significance of the event was emphasized by broad public support: the ceremony was attended by regional and city leaders, representatives of government agencies, public organizations, law enforcement agencies and youth associations. Among the meeting participants are the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District Artyom Vladimirovich Zhoga, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region Lyudmila Valentinovna Babushkina, Vice-Governor Vasily Valerievich Kozlov, Deputy...