On the feast day of the martyr Tatiana, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates the Liturgy in the home church of Moscow State University

print version January 25, 2019 18:14 On January 25, 2019, on the feast day of the martyrs Tatiana and with her victims in Rome, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill celebrated Divine Liturgy in the home church of the holy martyr Tatiana - the Patriarch Compound at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. This day is celebrated the Day of Russian students. His Holiness was served by: Archbishop Ambrose of Verey , Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy ; Bishop John of Domodedovo , Governor of the Novospassky Stavropegic Monastery , Co-Chairman of the Commission for Work with Universities and Academia at the Diocesan Council of Moscow; Protopresbyter Vladimir Divakov , Secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in Moscow; Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov , Rector of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanities University ; Archpriest Nikolai Balashov , Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations ; Archpriest Maxim Kozlov , Chairman of the Training Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church; Archpriest Vladimir Vigilyansky , rector of the church of the holy martyr Tatiana at Moscow State University. Mv Lomonosov; Protopriest Cyril Kaleda, rector of the Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church at the Butovo training ground , Chairman of the Commission for the Study of the New Martyrs and Confessors' Exploit and Commemoration of the departed clergy of the Moscow Diocese ; Priest Alexander Volkov , Head of the Press Service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia , Rector of the Church of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in Solntsevo, Moscow; metropolitan clergy. The rector was attended by the rector of Moscow State University. Mv Lomonosova V.A. Sadovnichy, management, members of the faculty corporation and students of Moscow State University, members of the Commission for work with universities and the scientific community at the Diocesan Council of Moscow. Also, the deputy chairman of the Synodal department for monasteries and monasticism , the abbess of Zachatievsky Stavropegic Convent, Abbess Juliana (Kaleda) , a professor at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, prayed at the divine service. Mv Lomonosov and the Literary Institute. A.M. Gorky writer I.N. Volgin. Worship songs performed by the choir of the Church of the MC. Tatiana (regent MA Kozyrev) and the choir of the school of spiritual singing at the temple of the MC. Tatiana (Regent S.Yu. Markelov). The service was broadcast live on the Soyuz TV channel. On the special litany, petitions were raised about pupils and students of Moscow State University and Russian universities. Then, petitions were raised about the unity of the Orthodox Church and the preservation of the Church from divisions and splits. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church offered a prayer for peace in Ukraine. During the Liturgy, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill performed the priestly ordination of deacon Vasily Bobrov, a subdeacon of His Holiness, cleric of the church of St. Nicholas. Sergius of Radonezh in Solntsevo, Moscow. The sermon before the sacrament was delivered by Archpriest Kirill Kaleda, rector of the Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church at the Butovo range. At the end of the Liturgy on the pulpit of the church, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill consecrated three stone plaques with the names of the saints who had studied and taught at Moscow State University. The rector of the church, Archpriest Vladimir Vigilyansky, greeted the Holy Vladyka. “A month ago there was a very important date for us - 25 years ago the Scientific Council, the rector's office headed by Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichy decided to open the temple at Moscow University - to re-create the temple of the martyr Tatiana in its historic place; The first service was held a year later. This date has become significant not only for Moscow University, but also for all higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation. For them, MSU has become an example of the relationship between the Church and the university, activities to bring the Church and higher educational institutions closer together, ”said Father Vladimir. V.A. Sadovnichy congratulated the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and all those gathered on the holiday and presented His Holiness with an icon of the holy martyr Tatiana, written in the 19th century. The rector handed over a certificate for 2.7 million rubles for the improvement of the Tatiana church. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill addressed the participants in the liturgy with the Primatial word , after which he uttered words of gratitude to the rector of Moscow State University. “I would like to sincerely thank you, Viktor Antonovich, for the many good deeds you perform as the rector of the university. The opening of this church and, in general, the close cooperation of the university with the Russian Orthodox Church is really connected with your name. I think all this restores the organic integrity of our society, our people. After all, all these divisions, which were imposed by the spirit of the times and political will, as we now know for sure, did not serve the good. Today, the conciliar strength of our people is being restored, a tremendous work is going on gathering all the forces so that Russia is spiritually, intellectually, materially strong, so that it can go its own sovereign way, as its great founders have commanded. Thank you for your active participation in all this work, for all the wonderful things that are happening within the walls of Moscow State University, which is the highest school number 1 in the Russian state. May the blessing of God be upon you, over the entire professorial-teaching corporation, over the students and all the friends of the university, ”said His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. As a gift to the church at the Moscow State University, His Holiness Blessed the icon of the holy first apostles Peter and Paul. *** The tradition of honoring university saints was born in the temple of the martyr Tatiana at Moscow State University simultaneously with the revival of community life in 1995. To date, thanks to the efforts of clergymen, parishioners and friends of the temple, information has been gathered about twenty saints who have studied or taught at Moscow University in different years. They represent all four faculties that operated at the beginning of the 20th century: historical-philological, physical and mathematical (including the natural department), legal and medical. All twenty people belong to the Council of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church. Two of them - in the episcopal dignity (hieromartyrs Vassian (Pyatnitskii) and Peter (Zverev)), four - in monastic rank (Martyr Vladimir (Pishchulin) Seraphim (Tevar), Theodore (Epiphany), prepodobnoispovednik Nikon (Belyaev) of Optina)) , ten - from the secular clergy (hieromartyrs Elijah Gromoglasov, Vyacheslav Zankov, Sergius Mechev, Boris Nazarov, Alexander Orlov, Vladimir Smirnov, Vladimir K. Smirnov, Elijah Chetverukhin Vladimir Ambartsumov Pyotr Petrikov) and four - the laity (martyrs Mikhail Novoselov, John Popov, Leonid Salkov and Dimitri Spiridonov). At least ten of them graduated from Moscow University, one taught in it, one graduated and taught, the rest studied at different times. Four people were injured in the late 1920s - early 1930s, thirteen - in the period of the “Great Terror” (1937-1938), three more were martyred in the early 1940s. Among the university saints there are people who belonged to different positions within the Russian Church of the 1920s and 1930s: supporters of the Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens, Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky), “not remembering” and followers of Metropolitan Joseph (Petrovs). In addition, the parish honors the memory of St. Philaret (Drozdov), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, who consecrated the university church in 1837. The lower temple is dedicated to him, his name is also on one of the plaques. The collection of information about the saints and devotees of piety of Moscow University