Hierarchs of Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia Participated in Divine Liturgy at Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg on 70th Birthday of Metropolitan Barsanuphiy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga
On June 3, 2025, the day of the celebration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, the Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and Southeast Asia, and Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi concelebrated the Divine Liturgy with Metropolitan Barsanuphiy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga at the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg. The Divine service was dedicated to the 70th birthday of Metropolitan Barsanuphiy.
His Eminence was also co-served by the metropolitans Amvrosy of Tver and Kashin and Zinovy of Saransk and Mordovia; by the bishops Lazar of Narva and Prichudye, Kliment of Krasnoslobodsk and Temnikov, Veniamin of Kronstadt, Barnaba of Vyborg and Priozersk, Mitrofan of Gatchina and Luzhsk, Silouan of Pavlovo-Posad, Vikentiy of Tarsk and Tyukalinsk, Seraphim of Istra, and Silouan of Peterhof; by Archpriest Sergey Kuksevich, Secretary of the Diocesan Administration; as well as by clergy of the metropolis and of the cathedral.
Liturgical hymns were performed by the cathedral choir under the direction of Svetlana Rumiantseva, by the mixed choir of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy under the direction of Raisa Gundyaeva, and the combined choir of the children’s Sunday school and the youth of the Kazan Cathedral under the direction of Maria Krasnotsvetova.
Among the worshippers were the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the region Alexander Belsky, State Duma Deputy Viacheslav Makarov, Vice-Governor Konstantin Zvonic, head of the city department for relations with religious organizations Vladimir Ivanov, and chief physician of Children’s Hospital No. 2 Avtandil Mikava.
Bishop Silouan of Pavlovo-Posad read a congratulatory address from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, stating that the jubilarian is awarded the Order of Metropolitan Alexiy of Kiev, Moscow, and All Rus’, of First Class.
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