Holy Hieromartyr Hilarion Solemnly Celebrated in Sretensky Monastery
On December 28, 2010, in the Moscow Sretensky Monastery
was celebrated the feast day of its heavenly patron, Holy
Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky). With the blessing of His
Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Divine
Liturgy was presided over by Archbishop Theognost of
Sergiev Posad, Father Superior of the Holy Trinity-St.
Sergius Lavra. Archimandrite Tikhon and members of the
Monastery clergy concelebrated, along with graduates of
the Sretensky Theological Seminary, and other guests of
the Monastery. After the Liturgy, Archbishop Theognost
lead the prayer to Holy Hieromartyr Hilarion.
St. Hilarion's treatise on the Incarnation of God the Word
was read at the meal in the refectory. After the meal,
Archimandrite Tikhon thanked His Grace Theognost for
serving the festal Liturgy in the monastery, and then
presented the results of the students' photography
contest. 186 photos were chosen out of the 746 submitted,
from which five winners were chosen. The winners were
awarded monetary prizes.
His Grace Theognost thanked Archimandrite Tikhon for his
labors in building the Sretensky Monastery and its
Theological Seminary. The Superior of the St. Sergius
Lavra noted the brotherly relations amongst the
seminarians, and wished them conscientious learning with
special attention to the Holy Fathers, whose writings need
to be studied now more than ever.
