Metropolitan Joseph and Bishop Hilarion, among a host of archpastors, concelebrated with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at the Seraphim-Diveyevo Monasterytranslated

On August 1, 2026, on the feast of the discovery of the relics of St. Seraphim, the Wonderworker of Sarov (1903), His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' visited the Holy Trinity Seraphim-Diveevo Convent. In 2026, several anniversaries are celebrated at the Diveyevo monastery: the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Mill community, the 35th anniversary of the second discovery of the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov, and the 35th anniversary of the resumption of monastic life. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church led the open-air Divine Liturgy service on the square in front of the Transfiguration Cathedral.

Concelebrating with His Holiness were: Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius; Metropolitan Gregory of the Resurrection, manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, first vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for the city of Moscow; Metropolitan Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas; Metropolitan John of Yoshkar-Ola and Mari; Metropolitan Joseph of Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Vichuga; Metropolitan of Saransk and Mordovian Zinovy; Metropolitan Theodosius of Samara and Novokuibyshevsk; Metropolitan of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh Isidor; Archbishop Stefan of Gomel and Zhlobin; Bishop of Krasnoslobodsky and Temnikovsky Clement; Bishop of Balakhna...