On August 18, 2024, on the eve of the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, at the end of the Evening Vigil in the Cathedral Cathedral Christ the Savior Cathedral of Moscow, in the Throne Hall of the Cathedral Cathedral, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia presided over the rank of naming Archimandrite Gabriel (Melnikov), cleric of Lipetsk Eparchy, to Bishop of Naberezhnochelninsk and Elabuga, archimandrite Michael (Malakhanov), cleric of Petropavlovsk Diocese, to Bishop of Yugra and Nyagansk, archimandrite Makary (Yushchenko), cleric of Tobolsk Diocese, to Bishop of Gornoaltai and Chemalsky.
His Holiness was served by: Metropolitan Gregory of Voskresensk, Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate, First Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in Moscow; Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations; Metropolitan Zvenigorodsky Arseny; Archbishop Thomas of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk, head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Moscow Patriarchate; Bishop Siluan of Pavlovo-Posad, deputy administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate; Bishop Kirill of Sergiev-Posad and Dmitrov, vicar of Svyato-Troitskaya Sergiev Lavra, Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy; Bishop Alexis of Ramensk, Personal Secretary of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill; Bishop Methodius of Egorievsk, Vicar of the Nikolo-Ugreshsky Stavropegial Monastery, Rector of the Orthodox Svyato-Tikhonovsky Humanitarian University.
Nikolo-Ugreshsky Stavropegial Monastery.
The naming ceremony took place in accordance with the definitions of the Holy Synod of July 25 this year (journals #72, 74,75).
The clergy elected to the archdiocesan ministry addressed His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the archpastors who served His Holiness with words of eldership.
The clergy elected to the archdiocesan ministry addressed His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the archpastors who served His Holiness with words of eldership.
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A word by Archimandrite Michael (Malakhanov) at his naming as Bishop of Yugra and Nyagansk
A word by Archimandrite Macarius (Yushchenko) at the naming of Bishop of Gornoaltai and Chemalsk
Press Service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia