9 July 2019 года

Establishment of a prayer service to Venerable Alexandra of Diveyevo

On July 9, a session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, took place at St. Vladimir’s skete of Valaam monastery. 

The Holy Synod heard the reports from His Eminence Konstantin, Metropolitan of Petrozavodsk and Karelia, the Chairman of the Synodal Liturgical Commission and His Eminence Kliment, Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk, the Chairman of Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church about the submission of various texts for liturgy and akathists for approval. The members of the Holy Synod resolved to approve the text of the service to Venerable Alexandra of Diveyevo for universal church use.