On December 4, 2024, on the feast of the Entrance into the Temple of the Most Holy Lady of our Mother of God and Mother of Goddess Mary, Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Ascension Cathedral in Almaty.
The head of Kazakhstan Metropolitan District was served by: vicars of Astanaisk diocese Bishop of Taldykorgan Claudian and Bishop Veniamin of Talgarsk, Archpriest Valery Zakharov, rector of the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Alma-Ata, Archpriest Evgeny Vorobyev, rector of the church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God «Joy of All Who Sorrow» in Alma-Ata, clergyman of Alma-Ata Diocese Archimandrite John (Sazonov), the clergyman of the Ascension Cathedral, head of the Metropolitan District Department for Public Relations Archpriest Alexander Suvorov, acting rector of Alma-Ata Theological Seminary, head of the information-publishing department of the Metropolitan District Archpriest Evgeny Ivanov, Archpriest Kirill Shklyar, clergyman of the Peter and Paul Cathedral, head of the personal secretariat Metropolitan Hieromonk Prokhor (Yendovitsky), head of the administrative secretariat of the Metropolitan District Head, Priest George Sidorov, clergyman of St. Nicholas Church in Malotimofeevka settlement, Priest Vladislav Kovalenko, head of the correspondence department of the Alma-Ata Theological Seminary, Priest Daniil Bobylev, clergyman of the Kazan Cathedral of Alma-Ata, Priest George Rublinsky; Protodeacon Nikolai Grinkevich, head of the Metropolitan's protocol service Protodeacon Roman Golovin, Protodeacon Vladimir Syrovatsky, Deacon Vitaly Bystrushkin, Deacon Alexander Piven, Deacon John Zhuchkov.
The chants were sung by the Metropolitan District Choir (regent O. Ovchinnikov, Honored Artist of Russia, choirmaster V. Dudareva) and the small choir of the Ascension Cathedral (regent O. Kuznetsova).
The chants were sung by the Metropolitan District Choir (regent O. Ovchinnikov, choirmaster V. Dudareva).
The sermon after the sacramental verse was delivered by Archpriest Evgeny Ivanov.
At the end of the Liturgy before the icon of the Entrance of the Blessed Virgin Mary into the temple there was a glorification of the feast.
At the end of the service, Metropolitan Vladyka congratulated the hierarchs, clergy and parishioners of the cathedral on the Bicentennial feast and addressed the audience with a word of sermon.
The Metropolitan congratulated the hierarchs, clergy and parishioners of the cathedral on the Bicentennial feast and delivered a sermon.
Metropolitan District in the Republic of Kazakhstan/Patriarchy.ru
