On May 20, 2024, on the feast of the Sobor of the Venerable Fathers of the Russian on Athos Panteleimon Monastery, the chairman of the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism Metropolitan Feognost of Kashir celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Great Martyr Nikita on Shvivaya Hill behind the Yauza in Moscow — a subvillage of the Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos.
Metropolitan Feognost of Kashir.
After arriving at the church, Metropolitan Theognost bowed down to the relics of St. Aristoklios, the elder of Athos and Moscow.
Metropolitan Theognost bowed down to the relics of St. Aristoklios, the elder of Athos and Moscow.
At the Liturgy His Eminence was served by acting rector Hieromonk Nikita (Smernyagin) and the brethren of the church.
At the Liturgy His Eminence was served by acting rector Hieromonk Nikita (Smernyagin) and the brethren of the church.
The church choir performed liturgical hymns.
At the end of the Liturgy there was a glorification to the Monk Fathers of the Russian Athos Panteleimon Monastery.
Metropolitan Feognost congratulated the faithful on the feast and delivered a sermon.
At the end of the Liturgy, Metropolitan Feognost congratulated the faithful on the feast and delivered a sermon.
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