On May 31, 2024, the day of the memory of the Monk Makarius of Altai (Glukharev), the chairman of the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism Metropolitan Feognost of Kashir led the Divine Liturgy in the Pokrovsky Cathedral of Barnaul.
In the center of the cathedral was installed a casket with the relics of St. Makary of Altai, the founder of the Altai Spiritual Mission, delivered to the cathedral the night before from Orlovsky Metropolitan Church.
At the center of the cathedral was installed a casket with the relics of St. Makary of Altai, the founder of the Altai Spiritual Mission.
His Eminence was served by Metropolitan Sergius of Barnaul and Altai, Metropolitan Tikhon of Orel and Bolkhov, Metropolitan Ferapont of Kostroma and Nerekht, Archbishop Kallistrat of Gornoaltai and Chemalsk, Bishop Seraphim of Biysk and Belokurikha, Bishop Anthony of Slavgorod and Kamensk, Bishop Vladimir of Kaina and Barabinsk, Secretary of the Barnaulsk Diocese, Archimandrite Hilarion (Morozov), Secretary of the Barnaulsk Diocese, Archimandrite Hilarion (Morozov), and Secretary of the Barnaulsk Diocese. href="http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/4077472.html">Rubtsovsky Eparchy Archpriest Mikhail Kizyun, Head of the Education Department of the Novosibirsk Metropolis Archpriest Boris Pivovarov, Secretary of the Archdiocesan Council of the Altaisk Metropolis Archpriest Andrei Basov, the first vice-rector of Barnaul Theological Seminary Archpriest Georgy Kreidun, deacons of church districts, teachers of Barnaul Theological Seminary in the priesthood and clerics of the dioceses that make up the Altai Metropolis.
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The service was attended by the Deputy Governor of Altai Krai D.S. Gubin, chief consultant of the Department of the Administration of the Governor and Government of Altai Krai on cooperation with federal government agencies, Secretary of the Altai Krai Commission on Countering Extremism MM Gradusova, other officials of the secular authorities of the region and the city. Students of Barnaul theological schools and numerous parishioners prayed at the Liturgy.
At the end of the service in connection with the 30th anniversary of the formation of the Barnaul diocese, the staff of the diocese and a number of diocesan employees were awarded certificates of honor and other awards of the Government of Altai Krai.
Metropolitan Sergius of Barnaul cordially thanked Governor V.P. Tomenko and his deputy D.S. Gubin. At the end of the ceremony, all participants were invited to visit the exhibition of photographer Sophia Reim, located in the left aisle of the cathedral. On the territory adjacent to the temple, the holiday continued with folk festivities and a tea party.
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The relics of the enlightener of Altai, the Monk Macarius of Altai (Glukharev; †1847) were found on February 24, 2024 in the tomb of the Trinity Nativity of the Mother of God Optina Nunnery in Bolkhov, Orel region, where the Monk was the abbot in the last years of his life. On May 25, the reliquary with the relics of St. Macarius was solemnly handed over to a delegation from the Altai Metropolis. On its way to Barnaul, the shrine visited the Vladimir Metropolis, the capital of Tatarstan, Chelyabinsk, Tobolsk, Ishim and Omsk dioceses. Thousands of believers were able to worship the great missionary, shepherd and translator of the Holy Scriptures, as was the Venerable Macarius of Altai.
From the website of the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism
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