On the day of remembrance of St. Alexy, the man of God, the Head of the Metropolitan District celebrated the Liturgy at the St. John the Theological Cathedral in the city of Rudny

March 30, 2024 is Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent, the day of remembrance of St. Alexis, the man of God.

Metropolitan Alexander celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom at the St. John the Theological Cathedral of Rudny, the second cathedral city of the Kostanay diocese.

Before the start of the service, for prayerful worship and spiritual strengthening of believers, a great shrine was delivered to the main temple of the city of Rudny - an ark with a particle of the holy relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

His Eminence was served by: the secretary of the Kostanay diocese, Hieromonk Gennady (Burdyuzha), the cleric of the Epiphany Church in the city of Rudny, Archpriest Mikhail Pinaev, the rector of the church in honor of the Holy Trinity of the city of Arkalyk, hegumen Sevastian (Ovsienko), the head of the missionary department of the Kostanay diocese, hegumen Maxim (Boikov), the rector of the church in name of the Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt city of Lisakovsk Archpriest Oleg Kalmykov, cleric of the Epiphany Church in the city of Rudny Archpriest John Trymbach, rector of the Archangel Michael Church in the city of Kostanay Archpriest Vitaly Kleba, rector of the St. Nicholas Church of the city of Kostanay Archpriest Vitaly Gutsan, rector of the parish in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the village of Fedorovka Kostanay regions Archpriest Alexy Mostovshchikov, head of the Secretariat of Metropolitan Hieromonk Prokhor (Endovitsky), rector of the Church of the Kazan Mother of Kazan Mother of the village of Zatobolsk, Priest Andrei Krutin, cleric of the Epiphany Church of the city of Rudny Krivoguzov, rector of the church in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of the village of Kamysti Igor Nesteri, Jerelia Bikmansurov, Priest Alexy Shmatkov, Protodeacon Vladimir Syrovatsky, Protodeacon Alexander Mokiy, Deacon Eliazar Aitbakin, Deacon Alexander Piven, Deacon Sergius Slesarchuk.

The choir of the Constantine-Eleninsky Cathedral of the city of Kostanay sang under the direction of T. Zhebrak.

The sermon after the sacramental verse was delivered by Priest Sergius Krivoguzov.

At the end of the Liturgy, glorification of the saint of God took place before the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

At the end of the service, the archpastor addressed those gathered with words of teaching.

The Metropolitan sprinkled numerous worshipers with holy water.