during his visit to Baku, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill performs a moleben at the site of the martyrdom of the Apostle Bartholomew Святейший Патриарх Кирилл совершил молебен на месте мученической кончины апостола Варфоломея print version November 14, 2019 20:12 On November 14, 2019, during his visit to Baku, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill served a moleben on the foundation of the chapel of the Apostle Bartholomew at the foot of the Maiden’s Tower in the Azerbaijani capital. According to legend, in 71 AD, one of the twelve disciples of the Savior, the holy apostle Bartholomew, was martyred here. Subsequently, a Christian church was erected there, and in 1892 a chapel appeared in this place in the name of St. Apostle Bartholomew, built on private donations. In the XX century, during the years of persecution of faith, it was blown up. Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Metropolitan Minsky and Zaslavsky Pavel, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan Vincent, Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursky Kirill, Archbishop of Baku and Azerbaijan, prayed for the service, Archbishop Patriarch of Baku and Azerbaijan, prayed dioceses and many Orthodox residents of Baku.