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MMA athletes gathered at the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral for joint prayer – News – Novosibirsk Metropolistranslated

September 9, 2026 · 1 min read

Metropolitan Bartholomew of Novosibirsk and Berdsk congratulated the head of the office of the Novosibirsk Diocesan Administration, Protodeacon Alexander Egorov, on the 30th anniversary of his diaconal ordination. On September 8, in the assembly hall of the administrative building of correctional colony No. 8, a meeting between Metropolitan Bartholomew of Novosibirsk and Berdsk and the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Novosibirsk region took place... On September 8, Metropolitan Bartholomew of Novosibirsk and Berdsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in correctional colony No. 18. This year marks the 25th anniversary... Not long ago, the chairman of the department for spiritual and moral education of the Union of MMA of Russia, the head of the Sports Department of the Novosibirsk Diocese, Master of Sports of Russia, Priest Boris Levitan, performed in Alexan... Lectures by the head of the Center for Apologetic Mission for the Siberian Federal District, chairman of the missionary department of the Novosibirsk Diocese, Archpriest Alexander Novopashin, ended in Ryazan.

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Luke Campbell
Father Boris Levitan is doing good work bringing the MMA guys to St. Alexander Nevsky for prayer. It's smart to meet them where they are. I remember when our parish had a couple of wrestlers stop by after practice; they lit candles and stayed quiet the whole time.
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Radmila Radovanović
Father Boris Levitan really found the right way. Those guys from MMA surely come tired after training, and in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral they can collect themselves a bit and pray. Here in Podgorica, we once had a boxer who, after the service, just stood and lit a candle, didn't say anything.
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