Celebrations were held in Kemerovo on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of the Head of the Kuzbass Metropolistranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol, on August 20, the day of remembrance of St. Mitrophan of Voronezh, a Divine Liturgy took place in the Znamensky Cathedral of the city of Kemerovo, uniting guests of the Kuzbass Metropolis and participants in the celebrations dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of the Metropolitan of Kemerovo and Prokopyevsk Aristarcha. The Head of the Belgorod Metropolis, Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol, took part in the celebrations. The service was led by the head of the Kuzbass Metropolis, Metropolitan Aristarkh of Kemerovo and Prokopyevsk, the head of the Tomsk Metropolis, Metropolitan of Tomsk and Asinovsky Rostislav, the head of the Vyatka Metropolis, Metropolitan of Vyatka and Slobodskaya Mark, Metropolitan of Gorlovka and Slavic Mitrofan, the head of the Novosibirsk Metropolis, Metropolitan of Novosibirsk and Bartholomew of Berdsk, Archbishop Ephraim (Prosyanok), Bishop of Novokuznetsk and Tashtagol Vladimir, vicar of the Kemerovo diocese, Bishop of Guryev Daniil.

The clergy of the Vyatka, Gorlovka, Tashkent, Novokuznetsk dioceses, heads of diocesan departments, deans of the Kemerovo districts, rectors of the Kemerovo churches and clergy of the main church concelebrated with the bishops...