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Memorial Church of St. Alexis of Moscow in Leipzig celebrates its patronal feast
DECR Communication Service, 20/10/2026
On 18th October 2026, 20th Sunday after Pentecost, commemoration day of the Holy Hierarchs of Moscow – Peter, Theognost, Alexis, Cyprian, Photius, Jonah, Gerontius, Joasaph, Macarius, Philip, Job, Hermogenes, Tikhon, Peter, Philaret, Innocent, and Macarius – Archbishop Tikhon of Ruza, Administrator of the Diocese of Berlin and Germany, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Memorial Church of St. Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow in Leipzig, marking its patronal feast.
Concelebrating the Liturgy with the archpastor were Archpriest Georgy Antonyuk, Dean of the Eastern Church District; Archpriest Alexy Tomyuk, Rector of St. Alexis Church; and Protodeacon Vitaly Sadakov.
During the Litany of Fervent Supplication, the prayer for peace was read, reports the diocesan website.
After the Communion Verse, Archbishop Tikhon delivered a homily.
At the conclusion of the Liturgy, prayers of praise were offered to the Holy Hierarchs of Moscow. Archbishop Tikhon read a prayer to St. Alexis, followed by the Megalynarion. Protodeacon Vitaly Sadakov proclaimed ‘Many Years.’
Then, Archbishop Tikhon of Ruza, together with the clergy and parishioners, went in the procession of the cross down into the church crypt. There, he celebrated a memorial litiya for the Russian commanders and soldiers who had fallen in the Battle of the Nations in 1813 and been reburied under the church on 16th October 1913.
After the divine service, the Sunday school students told the guests about the history of the church and its consecration. After that, a winner of a children’s drawing contest, organized earlier, was chosen.
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