On the 11th Week of Pentecost, September 8, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, who is on a working visit to France with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated Sunday Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral Church in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity in Paris. This is reported by the website of the Korsun diocese.
The Liturgy was celebrated in Church Slavonic and French.
The liturgical hymns were performed by the cathedral choir conducted by Marina Politova.
After the end of the Liturgy, Metropolitan Anthony delivered a sermon on the theme of the Evangelical conception that sounded during the divine service. The DECR Chairman also conveyed the blessing and good wishes of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to those gathered in the church, expressed gratitude to Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun and Western Europe for the invitation to celebrate the Liturgy, and warmly welcomed the clergy and flock of the diocese, recalling the years of joint work for the benefit of the Church of Christ during his stay at the Korsun department.
On behalf of the clergy of the diocese, the secretary of the Korsun diocesan Administration, Priest Maxim Politov, thanked the distinguished guest for visiting the Trinity Cathedral, and also reminded the church community that Metropolitan Anthony has been closely connected with the life and activities of the Korsun diocese for almost 15 years and was actively involved in the creation of a spiritual and cultural center and an Orthodox church on the Parisian Branly Embankment The cathedral.