Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, Lavra, Academy

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill bestowed liturgical awards on the clergy of the Intercession Academic Church

On April 11, 2023, the Metropolitan of Voskresensk Dionysius, an administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate, a first vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for Moscow, Abbot of the Novospasskiy Stauropegial Monastery, celebrated the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow.

At the Little Entrance, by decree of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, some clerics of the Moscow diocese churches, the Patriarchal Metochions, stauropegial parishes and monasteries, synodal departments and Moscow theological schools were awarded the following liturgical and hierarchical awards for their diligent service.

The right to wear an epigonation was awarded to the clergy at the Intercession Church of the Moscow Theological Academy:

  • Hieromonk Micah (Kopytov),
  • Hieromonk John (Merzlyakov),
  • Hieromonk George (Pimenov),
  • Hieromonk Pavel (Polevoy),
  • Hieromonk Procopius (Rudchenko).

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