BISHOPAL SERVICE ON THE NAME DAY OF METROPOLITAN PAUL OF KRUTITSKY AND KOLOMENSKYtranslated

On July 12, 2026, on the day of remembrance of the holy glorious and all-validated supreme apostles Peter and Paul, Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna led the Divine Liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral in the city of Kolomna.

Concelebrating with His Eminence were: Archbishop Thomas of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk, Archbishop Aksy of Podolsk and Lyubertsy; Bishop Nikolai of Balashikha and Orekhovo-Zuevsky; Bishop Kirill of Sergiev Posad and Dmitrov; Secretary of the Kolomna Diocesan Administration, Priest Andrey Zgonnikov; Secretary of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for the Moscow Region, Archpriest Dionisy Kazantsev; Rector of the Kolomna Theological Seminary, Archpriest Vadim Suvorov; rector of the Edinoverie St. Michael the Archangel Church in Mikhailovskaya Sloboda, Archimandrite Irinarh (Denisov); the head of the Legal Service of the Moscow Metropolitanate, Priest Vasily Losev; dean of church districts and clergy of the diocese.

The following people prayed during the service: the head of the Kolomna city district, Alexander Vladimirovich Grechishchev; abbess of the convents of the Kolomna diocese, guests and parishioners.

The liturgical hymns were performed by the cathedral choir under the direction of Natalia Kamyshnikova.

After a special litany...