Sunday services at the Moscow Theological Academy

Spiritual falls cause a person lots of sufferings. Sin leads a man to condemnation, hypocrisy and awokes wars and violence. The soul under the power of passions feels empty, sad and lost. 

The healing recipe gives Apostle Paul. He says: For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me (Gal.2:19-20) 

On October 28, the Bishop of Sergiev Posad and Dmitrov Kirill, Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy, led an All-night Vigil at the Intercession Academic Church co-celebrated by with the Bishop of Bikin Panteleimon, Vicar of the Khabarovsk Diocese and the academic clergy. 

During the evening service, Ruslan Ustinov, a fourth-year undergraduate student, delivered a sermon. 

On October 29, the Bishop of Bikin Panteleimon performed the Divine Liturgy. 

Before the Communion, Alexander Fedorov, a first-year Master’s student, delivered a sermon, in which he recalled the life of martyr Longinus, a valiant warrior and a faithful Christian. Only those who have got humility can truly overcome the evil of the world.

Background information:

Clergy served at the All-night Vigil: Bishop Kirill co-celebrated by the Bishop of Bikin Panteleimon, Archimandrites Venedikt (Knyazev), Platon (Igumnov), Hilarion (Farkovets), Luka (Golovkov), Abbots Gerasim (Dyachkov), Adrian (Pashin), Hieromonks Varnava (Losev), Meletius (Sokolov), Theodore (Yulaev), priests Stefan Domuschi, Valery Dukhanin, hieromonks Mikhey (Kopytov), ​​Damian (Voronov), Georgy (Pimenov), Job (Urum), deacon Dimitry Maslov, hierodeacons Filaret (Zubov), Pimen (Shein) ), Arseny (Salov), Deacon Dionysius Makarov.

Clergy served at the Divine Liturgy: the Bishop of Bikin Panteleimon co-celebrated by Archimandrites Venedikt (Knyazev), Platon (Igumnov), Luke (Golovkov), Abbots Adrian (Pashin), Gerasim (Dyachkov), Cyprian (Yashchenko), Meletius (Sokolov), Hieromonk Varnava (Losev) , Theodore (Yulaev), priests Dimitry Baritsky, Valery Dukhanin, hieromonks Mikhey (Kopytov), ​​Boris (Zelyuchenko), Georgy (Pimenov), Serapion (Zalesny), priest John Nedosekin, deacon Dimitry Maslov, hierodeacons Filaret (Zubov), Pimen ( Shein), Zinovy ​​(Rusakov), deacons Miodrag Radovanovic, Dionisy Makarov.

Chanting performed by the first academic choir under the conduct of a second year undergraduate student I. Kopyrin and the third mixed choir led by A. Antonova.

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