On October 1st, Patriarch Kirill visited the city of Anapa, consecrating the church dedicated to Saint Prince Vladimir, and presided over the Divine Liturgy in the newly sanctified church.

The Patriarch gifted an icon of Matrona of Moscow to the church. Additionally, alongside Veniamin Kondratyev, the Governor of Krasnodar Krai, and Vasiliy Shvetz, the Mayor of Anapa, he planted a red oak sapling in the Krestyansk Park adjacent to the church. The architects envisioned these trees, planted in the park, to bear the names of spouses, hoping these family trees would be dear to the children and grandchildren of those who planted them.

The church dedicated to Saint Prince Vladimir is designed in the South Russian architectural style and can accommodate up to a thousand parishioners. It features three side chapels: one in honor of Saint Prince Vladimir, another for Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, and a third for the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called. The lower level houses the baptismal chapel dedicated to St. Basil the Great. The church's frescoes are centered around the theme of the Baptism of Rus'.

On this day, the Synaxis of the Saints of the Kuban Diocese was first celebrated. This celebration was established by the decision of the Holy Synod on May 16th and will be observed on the first Sunday after September 28th.

The Synaxis of the Kuban Saints includes 13 newly martyred saints and venerables whose lives and feats are inseparably linked with the Kuban land. This includes monks from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra: Venerable Nikon the Great, founder of the monastery in Tmutarakan (Taman Peninsula), and St. Nicholas, Bishop of Tmutarakan. It also includes the ascetic of the 19th century, St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov), Bishop of the Caucasus and the Black Sea, and ten priests who suffered for their faith during the Church persecutions in the 20th century.