Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk leads the Assemble Day of the Postgraduate and Doctoral School of the Russian Orthodox Church

Concelebrating with Metropolitan Hilarion were Bishop Aleksandr of Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky, a vicar of the Kiev metropolia; Bishop Veniamin of Borisov, a vicar of the Minsk diocese; archimandrite Sergiy (Govorun), deputy chairman of the Education Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church and head of the chair of theology of the Postgraduate and Doctoral School; vice-rector archpriest Vladimir Shmaliy; Rev. Sergiy Zvonarev, deputy head of the chair of external church relations and DECR secretary for far abroad countries; Rev. Stefan Vaneian, head of the chair of church art and archeology; many ordained students; and clerics of the Metochion.

Praying at the church were faculty, students, and staff of the Postgraduate School.

After the divine service, Metropolitan Hilarion delivered a homily, saying:

“Dear fathers, brothers, and sisters! I cordially greet you at the Church of St. John the Baptist, Prophet, and Forerunner of the Lord. The church is now the one of the Postgraduate School with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

 

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