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On November 5, 2022, folowing the all-night vigil, in the Throne Hall of the Cathedral Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia led the rite of naming Archimandrite Pavel (Belokrylov), cleric of the Izhevsk diocese, as Bishop of Sarapul and Mozhgino, Archimandrite Peter (Prutyan), cleric of the Spanish-Portuguese Diocese as Bishop of Caffa, Vicar of the Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe, and Archimandrite Khrisanf (Konoplev), cleric of the Astana Diocese, as Bishop of Chimkent and Turkestan.

His Holiness was assisted by Metropolitan Dionysius of Voskresensk, Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate, the first vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in Moscow; Metropolitan Victorin of Izhevsk and Udmurtia;  Bishop Victor of Glazovo and Igra; Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada; Bishop Thomas of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk, Head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Moscow Patriarchate; and Bishop Theoktist of Pereslavl and Uglich.

The naming ceremony took place in accordance with the decisions of the Holy Synod of October 13, 2022 (Journals Nos. 99, 100, 102).

The clergymen chosen for the hierarchal ministry addressed His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the Archpastors, who served with His Holiness, with messages.

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