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On October, 2, concluding the archpastoral visit to the northern parishes, Archbishop Anthony of Krasnoyarsk and Yeniseisk and a missionary group of the diocesan clergy arrived at Chelyuskin Cape to erect the memorial cross. Chelyuskin Cape situated at the tip of the Taymyr Peninsula is the northernmost point of the Eurasian continent. Read More...

With the blessing of Archbishop Anthony of Krasnoyarsk and Yeniseisk, Orthodox churches and prayer rooms are functioning in many institutions and organizations of the Krasnoyarsk territory. The long-term cooperation between the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Sharypovo and the Sharypovo central regional hospital resulted in opening of the orthodox prayer room at the therapy unit. The opening was initiated by the hospital's medical staff, orthodox brotherhood and sisterhood of the Trinity parish, and cathedral's parishioners. Read More...

On the occasion of the forthcoming consecration ceremony, archpriest Mikhail Grenadyorov, Taimyr church district's rural dean, accompanied by archdeacon Apollinary (Obukhov) visited the newly constructed Holy Trinity church in Talnakh district, Norilsk, on September 20, Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. The new church in Talnakh will be consecrated by Archbishop Anthony of Krasnoyarsk and Yeniseisk in November 2009, reports Taimyr deanery's press service. Read More...

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Anthony of Krasnoyarsk and Yeniseisk, churches of the Krasnoyarsk diocese destroyed and abandoned in the Soviet times are now reconstructed over the whole diocesan territory. The construction work has recently began in the church of St Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia in Bolshoy Kemchug village, Krasnoyarsk territory, reports Achinsk Kazansky Cathedral's website. Read More...

Priest Georgy Knyazev conducted the Divine Liturgy with Cross procession in the Church of Alexander Nevsky in Ilanskaya village, Krasnoyarsk territory, on the day of Translation of the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky. There are always many villagers gathering in the church on its patronal feast (the village's population is about 16000), though in the Soviet times the church was closed and desecrated. Read More...

On September, З Russia celebrates the day of solidarity in the fight against terrorism. With the blessing of Archbishop Anthony of Krasnoyarsk and Yeniseisk, mitred archpriest Ioann Romanyuk, diocesan administration's secretary, celebrated memorial service for victims of the terrorist attack in Beslan and for the policemen killed in flashpoints. The service was conducted near the Chapel of Dmitry of Thessalonica, Krasnoyarsk, built as a tribute to the memory of the killed law enforcement officers. Read More...

His Eminence Archbishop Anthony has led the rite of blessing of the bells of the Vvedensky (of the Presentation in the Temple) church in Sosnovoborsk, Krasnoyarsk deanery, today. Read More...