Great consecration of the Holy Spiritual Church in the village of Monogarovo in the urban district of Zaraysk 09/19/2026translated

On September 19, 2026, Saturday of the 16th week of Pentecost, Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna performed the great consecration of the Holy Spiritual Church in the village of Monogarovo in the urban district of Zaraysk and led the Divine Liturgy there. His Eminence was served by: the secretary of the Kolomna diocesan administration, Priest Andrei Zgonnikov, the dean of the 1st Zaraisk district, the rector of the church, Archpriest Pyotr Spiridonov, and the clergy of the deanery. Liturgical hymns were performed by the choir of the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in the village of Radushino in the urban district of Zaraysk under the direction of Tatyana Mikhailovna Mikhaltsova. After the special litany, Metropolitan Paul offered a prayer for Holy Rus'. Present and praying in the church were: the benefactor of the church, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Honorary Citizen of the city of Zaraysk Nikita Yuryevich Chaplin; Head of the Zaraysk municipal district Viktor Anatolyevich Petrushchenko; Director of the Kolomna-Zaraisky State Museum-Reserve Kirill Vyacheslavovich Kondratiev, parishioners and guests of the parish.

The sermon on the sacramental verse was delivered by the rector of the Transfiguration Church in the village of Spas-Doshaty, priest Sergiy Grebeshkov. At the end of the service, it was announced...