On the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Repose of Archpriest Boris Prisyazhnyuk, the Head of the Metropolitan District Celebrates a Memorial Service for the Ever-Memorable Pastor

September 1, 2026 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the repose in the Lord of Archpriest Boris Prisyazhnyuk – the restorer of the Church of the Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and Their Mother Sophia at the Miusskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

Following the Divine Liturgy at St. Sophia Church at the Patriarchal Metochion in Moscow – the Representation of the Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan – Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan led a memorial service at the grave of the reposed Archpriest Boris near the altar apse, praying for the ever-memorable Rector.

His Eminence was joined in the service by: Abbot Agathangel (Gagua), Vice-Rector of the Alma-Ata Theological Seminary, Candidate of Theology, Doctor of Medical Sciences and Professor; Hieromonk Antony (Drobyazko), Dean of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and Their Mother Sophia; Hieromonk Daniel (Makagon); Hieromonk Victorin (Aseev); Deacon Anatoly Ledenev; and Deacon Roman Frolov.

Present in prayer at the service were: O.N. Ovchinnikov, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation, and member of the Patriarchal Council for the Development of Russian Church Singing; N.V. Parshikova, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation; Zinaida, the widow of the ever-memorable Archpriest Boris Prisyazhnyuk; relatives and spiritual children of the ever-memorable pastor; staff members of the Representation; and parishioners of the church.

Before the prayers began, the hierarch addressed those present with an archpastoral word in which he gratefully recalled the labors of the reposed pastor and the course of his life.

At the conclusion of the memorial service, the clergy and faithful sang “Memory Eternal.”

Following the service for the departed, His Eminence spoke with Mother Zinaida, the widow of the ever-memorable pastor.

A photo exhibition dedicated to the fifteenth anniversary of the repose of Archpriest Boris Prisyazhnyuk was then opened in the church courtyard.

The exhibition was organized by active members of the parish of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and Their Mother Sophia at the Patriarchal Metochion in Moscow (curator – Deacon Roman Frolov). Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan took part in the opening of the exhibition.

Materials from the late pastor’s personal collection and from the archives of the church of the Representation of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District were used in preparing the exhibition.