The third issue of the journal “Metropolitanate Bulletin” for this year has been published. Copies were delivered to Rogozhskoye on the eve of the annual Consecrated Council of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church and, in keeping with the tradition of recent years, presented to each Council delegate.

The latest issue covers events from July through September of this year. It includes the resolutions of the fall Metropolitanate Council. A major feature is devoted to the long-awaited consecration of the Church of St. John Chrysostom in Krasnodar, the capital of Kuban. Detailed illustrated articles cover the processions of the cross held this summer: the procession with the Gubinskaya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God in the Moscow Region village of Shuvoye, and the Velikoretsky procession of the cross in the Vyatka region—the longest, most arduous, and also the largest in attendance.

The “Archpastoral Travels of Metropolitan Korniliy” section fills ten pages of the issue and vividly testifies to the Primate’s labors in preaching and in caring for the spiritual and administrative life of communities, including those very far from the capital. For example, Vladyka Korniliy was the first Primate of the Church to visit the community in the city of Yeniseysk, Krasnoyarsk Territory. Once an outpost in the exploration of Siberia, Yeniseysk is now a small town. Old Believers remember it from its mention in the Life of Archpriest Avvakum. On his way into exile, Father Avvakum passed through Yeniseysk. An article tells how our community in the city lives today. This summer, Metropolitan Korniliy also attended the well-known “Bearded Men in Borodulino” festival for the first time.

The issue also announces two new, distinctive albums published just recently: “Metropolitan Ambrose of Belaya Krinitsa: 180 Years Since His Entry into the Orthodox Old Believer Church” and “Boyarynya Morozova: A Heroic Witness to the Faith.” These books are already on sale at Old Believer bookstores in Moscow and are gradually becoming available in other regions. These albums, along with around a hundred other publications, are available to Old Believer communities at wholesale prices from the Moscow Metropolitanate warehouse (email: sklad-rpsc@mail.ru).

Translated from the original article in Russian.