On the Sunday Commemorating Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, Metropolitan Alexander Celebrates the Divine Liturgy at the Representation Church of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District in Moscow

August 9, 2026 – 10th Sunday after Pentecost and the commemoration of the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon.

Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan celebrated the Sunday Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love, and their Mother Sophia at the Patriarchal Metochion in Moscow – the Representation of the Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Concelebrating with His Eminence were: Hegumen Agafangel (Gagua), Vice-Rector of the Alma-Ata Orthodox Theological Seminary, Candidate of Theology, Doctor of Medical Sciences, and Professor; Hieromonk Anthony (Drobyazko), dean of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love, and their Mother Sophia; Archpriest Pavel Vishnevsky; Hieromonk Daniil (Makagon); Priest Rustik Nurgaliyev, rector of the Church of the Archangel Michael in Ushtobe; and Deacon Roman Frolov.

Praying during the service were O.N. Ovchinnikov, Secretary of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District, Honored Figure of Kazakhstan, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, and member of the Patriarchal Council for the Development of Russian Church Singing; staff members of the Representation; and parishioners.

The liturgical hymns were sung by the parish choir under the direction of Anna Rozhnova.

The sermon after the Communion verse was delivered by Archpriest Pavel Vishnevsky.

At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, a service of glorification was offered to the saint commemorated that day, after which the Head of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District congratulated the participants in the service on the Lord’s Day and on the joyful commemoration of the spiritual feat of the Great Martyr Panteleimon, the Unmercenary Physician.

His Eminence then sprinkled the faithful with holy water.