In Sofia, the day of commemoration of St. Seraphim, Archbishop of Bogucharsky

In Sofia, the day of commemoration of St. Seraphim, Archbishop of Bogucharsky В Софии торжественно отметили день памяти святителя Серафима, архиепископа Богучарского print version February 27, 2019 13:20 On February 25, 2019, in the building of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, His Holiness the Patriarch of Bulgaria Neophytos met with Metropolitan Vladimir and Suzdal Tikhon , who arrived in Bulgaria for the celebration of the memory of St. Seraphim (Sobolev), Archbishop of Bogucharsky. Metropolitan Tikhon gave the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church congratulated Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, on the occasion of the construction of the anniversary of the Patriarchal throne, as well as thanks to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church for the congratulations on the 10th anniversary of the enthronement and direction delegation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to attend the celebrations in Moscow. The head of the Vladimir Metropolis thanked His Holiness Patriarch Neofit for the invitation to visit Bulgaria to participate in the celebration of the memory of St. Seraphim (Sobolev), Archbishop of Bogucharsky. “At the invitation of Your Holiness and with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, I have the opportunity to visit Sofia, the ancient capital of Bulgaria Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven. I was glad to celebrate Divine Liturgy with Metropolitan Gregory at Veliko Tarnovo Cathedral, to have fraternal communion with Metropolitan Ignatiy in Pleven, to bow to the tomb of the Patriarch of Bulgaria, Maxim in the Troyan Monastery, and to be warmly received by the Bishop of Soton, the clergy of the poem, and the lyrics of the lyrics, the lyrics of the poem. who fought for the liberation of Bulgaria from the Turkish yoke, ”said the Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal Tikhon. His Holiness Patriarch Neofit warmly welcomed the hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and the representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia accompanying him under the Patriarch of the Bulgarian Archimandrite Vassian (Zmeyev) and an employee of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate D.I. Petrovsky and as a sign of the Patriarchal blessing he gave His Eminence Tikhon the icon of the Good Shepherd - our Lord Jesus Christ. To prayer memory, Metropolitan of Vladimir Tikhon presented His Holiness Patriarch Kirill with an icon of St. Simon, the first Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal, and the Blessed Prince George of Vladimir. The meeting was also attended by Metropolitan Nevrokopsky Seraphim, Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Bishop Melnissky Gerasim and Bishop of Belogradchishsky Polycarp, Vicar of the Sofia Metropolis. On the same day, the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church visited the largest in Bulgaria Rylsky Stavropegic Monastery, where it venerated the relics of the founder of the monastery, St. John of Rila, and other shrines of the monastery, met with the sights. Metropolitan Tikhon met Hegumen of the Rila Monastery Bishop Eulogius of Andrianopol. In the evening, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Bulgaria, A.A. In honor of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, Makarov gave a dinner at his residence, in which the main secretary of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Bishop Melnishsky Gerasim and Assistant Rector of the Sofia Theological Seminary, Hieromonk Meletii, also took part. On February 26, the Church commemorates Saint Seraphim, Archbishop of Bogucharsky. On the day of the congregation, with the blessing of the Holy Spirit, Patriarch of Moscow ), Protosingel of the Western and Central European Metropolis of Archimandrite Athanasius (Sultanov), Deputy Rector of the Sofia Theological Seminary. monk Meletios (Spassov), a cleric of the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Martyr Week (Kyriaki) svyaschennoekonoma Kirill Popov, Priest Dimitri Tuhchieva and patriarchal archdeacon Alexander Nesheva. Hieromonk Zotik (Gajewski) and the clergy of the Metropolitan of Sofia prayed at the Liturgy. Numerous parishioners gathered in the temple. The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria A.A. Makarov, Counselor of the Russian Embassy V.I. Gusev, DIOC employee D.I. Petrovsky. Gospel reading was delivered in Bulgarian. Requests for the unity of the Orthodox Church and its preservation from divisions and divisions were proclaimed on a special litany. Then Metropolitan Tikhon offered a prayer for peace in Ukraine. The liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Nikolsky church-monastery under the direction of V. Chenova-Stefanova. At the end of the service, Archimandrite Vassian (Serpents) addressed the audience with greetings. The rector of the monastery asked to convey the words of heartfelt thanks to His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte for his blessing to the hierarch and clergy of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to take part in the service of the Liturgy on the memorial day of St. Seraphim, Archbishop of Bogucharsky. In memory of this, Archimandrite Vassian presented icons of St. Seraphim (Sobolev) to serving archpastors. His Holiness Patriarchs of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill and the Bulgarian Neophytos, the Bulgarian and Russian peoples and all those present in the church, were proclaimed many years. Then the prayer service at the relics of St. Seraphim in the crypt of the St. Nicholas Church, in cooperation with the Bishop Polykarp of Belogradchik, the priest of the St. Nicholas Cathedral, Archimandrite Vassian and the clergy of the Sofia churches were headed by Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal Tikhon. Throughout the day, the anointing of the consecrated oil from the relics of St. Seraphim (Sobolev) was performed in the crypt of the Nikolsky Church.