Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at the burial site of St. Peter

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On 19 May 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, currently in Italy with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the burial site of St. Peter in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Concelebrating were Archbishops Kirill of Yaroslavl and Rostov and Feognost of Sergiev Posad.

Assistant to the DECR Chairman, L. Sevastianov sang hymns in Znamenny chant. Present in the crypt were believers who arrived from Russia to take part in Metropolitan Hilarion's pilgrimage.

After the divine service, the hierarchs, clergymen and all worshippers venerated the particles of St. Peter's holy relics, singing magnification to the apostle.

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Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at the burial site of St. Peter

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Department Chairman

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