On 12 July 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan John of Dubna presided at the Divine Liturgy at St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral on the occasion of the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, surrounded by the cathedral clergy as well asArchpriest Theodore Van der Voort of the Benelux Deanery of our Archdiocese.
Before the service, Metropolitan John tonsured as reader and ordained as subdeacon Alexander Pinchuk, and during the Divine Liturgy Metropolitan John ordained as deacon Silouan Meijer, both for the parish of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Deventer, Netherlands).
After the Great Entrance, the Archbishop also ordained to the priesthood the deacon Mykhailo Zaporozhets who will serve in Spain.
At the end of the service, the bishop congratulated the newly ordained as well as all those who bear the names of Peter and Paul by singing “Mnogaya Leta” for them.
Then a coffee was offered to all the faithful.
