July 18, the feast day of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, is also the name day of Hegumenia Sergiya, the abbess of the Seraphim-Diveyevo monastery. On this occasion, the thanksgiving service was celebrated after the late-morning Divine Liturgy followed by the singing of “Many years!”

The festive day at the Seraphim-Diveyevo monastery was marked by three liturgy services and the general partaking of the communion by the sisters.

On her Name Day, Matushka hegumenia prayed at the festive service in the Sergiyevsky skete of the Seraphim-Diveyevo monastery.