Metropolitan Sergiy celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Ostankino

On June 26, the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, the day of the All Saints Who Shone Forth in the Russian Land, Patriarchal Exarch of South-East Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Ostankino.

His Eminence was co-served by clerics of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity.

Every year the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates the “blessed and God-wise saints of God.” – All the saints who shone with their lives and exploits in the Russian land and constantly pray for it.

The celebration of the Council of All Saints Who Shined in the Russian Land, which appeared in the 50s. The 16th century and forgotten in the synodal era, was restored in 1918, and since 1946 it has been solemnly celebrated in the 2nd Week of Pentecost.

It is difficult to say how many Russian saints there are. The glorification of the Holy Saints of God continues at the present time.

The central point of the holiday is, of course, the glorification by the Church of the saints who shone with their virtues in our Fatherland, and a prayer appeal to them.

Let us turn to them today with an earnest prayer for the salvation of our souls, so that with their prayers the Saints ask for the mercy and grace of God for us: “All the saints of our land, pray to God for us!”