Metropolitan Alexander Visits Archbishop Barnabas of Pavlodar and Ekibastuz, Who Is Undergoing Rehabilitation at the Sts. Peter and Paul Convent

August 16, 2026. Pavlodar Region, village of Pavlodarskoye. Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan visited the Sts. Peter and Paul Convent, where Archbishop Barnabas of Pavlodar and Ekibastuz is undergoing medical rehabilitation.

The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan was accompanied by Archbishop Amphilochius of Ust-Kamenogorsk and Semipalatinsk and O.N. Ovchinnikov, Secretary of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan and Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation.

Vladyka Metropolitan and his guests were welcomed by Nun Seraphima (Bolibok), Superior of the Sts. Peter and Paul Convent, together with the sisters of the monastery.

Upon arrival, Metropolitan Alexander visited the newly built church dedicated to the Chief Apostles Peter and Paul, where he performed a glorification in honor of the heavenly patrons of the monastery.

Accompanied by Nun Seraphima, the hierarchs toured the monastery grounds, the sisters’ residential building, and the monastery’s auxiliary facilities.

Metropolitan Alexander then met with Archbishop Barnabas of Pavlodar and Ekibastuz.

Metropolitan Alexander warmly greeted the ruling hierarch of the Pavlodar Diocese and congratulated him on Sunday and the beginning of the sacred period of the Dormition Fast. The Head of the Metropolitan District presented the hierarch with an icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “The Healer” and a holy prosphora.

Vladyka Barnabas spoke about his current state of health and asked the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan for his prayerful support.

The archpastors discussed current matters concerning diocesan life. Vladyka Metropolitan told his interlocutor about his meeting with Akim of Pavlodar Region A.K. Baikhanov and conveyed the regional Head’s good wishes.

Metropolitan Alexander, Archbishop Amphilochius, and O.N. Ovchinnikov expressed their hope for the speedy recovery of the Pavlodar archpastor and wished him strength of soul and body.