METROPOLITAN MARK LEADS THE SERVICES FOR THE SYNAXIS OF THE HIERARCHS OF MOSCOW

On the evening of Saturday 17 October and the morning of Sunday 18 October 2026, Metropolitan Mark of Korsun and Western Europe, Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe, led the services at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Paris.

On 17 October, the eve of the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, he presided at the evening service. The following morning he celebrated the Divine Liturgy. The cathedral clergy concelebrated with His Eminence.

On this Sunday the Orthodox Church commemorates the Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Moscow: Peter, Theognostus, Alexis, Cyprian, Photius, Jonah, Gerontius, Joasaph, Macarius, Philip, Job, Hermogenes, Tikhon, Peter, Philaret, Innocent and Macarius. These metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow have been glorified as saints.

At the end of the Divine Liturgy, Metropolitan Mark preached a homily.