On December 4, 2024, on the feast of the Enthronement of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos, and Mary, the 107th anniversary of the enthronement of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of All Russia, at the end of the Divine Liturgy in Patriarchal Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Donskiy Stavropegial Monastery.
Holy Patriarch Kirill visited the Donskiy Stavropegial Monastery.
In the Great Cathedral of the monastery, where the relics of St. Tikhon rest, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated a prayer service.
In the Great Cathedral of the monastery, where the relics of St. Tikhon rest, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated a prayer service.
His Holiness was served by: Metropolitan Gregory of Voskresensk, Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Feognost of Kashir, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism, Vicar of the Don Monastery; Bishop Alexis of Ramenskoye, personal secretary of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill; Protopresbyter Vladimir Divakov, secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia for the city of Moscow; residents of the Donskoy monastery in the clergy.
Bishop Alexis of Ramenskoye, personal secretary of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.
The choir of the Donskoy Monastery (regent — P.V. Muntean) sang at the service.
For Metropolitan Jonathan (Yeletskikh) prayed at the service.
Members of the Semyonovsky Regiment were among those present.
Before the beginning of the prayer service, the Primate of the Russian Church addressed the faithful with Holy Father's Address.
Press Service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia