Congratulations to Bishop Maximus on the tenth anniversary of his chirotony

Barnaul • January, 20, 2012

January, 20, 2012 Eminent Maxim, Bishop of Barnaul and the Altai Krai celebrated the 10th anniversary of his consecration as a bishop.

A delegation of the Foundation travelled from Moscow to Barnaul to congratulate His Eminence on this important anniversary. After the festive liturgy in the cathedral, at the audience with which Eminent Maximus honoured the representatives of the Foundation, he was presented with a memorable gift – a bronze bust of the Saviour with the thorn crown.

The bronze bust of the Saviour with
the thorn crown by S. Isakov

The sculpture was immediately set in Bishop Maximus’s study so that the sacred image of the Saviour would give the hierarch strength for his everyday archpastor’s work. The head of the Foundation’s regional department Nikolai Igorevich Goryachkin and the director of the Russkaya Opera musical theatre Nadezhda Nivinskaya also expressed their congratulations.

N.I.Goryachkin congratulates Eminent Maximus on the
anniversary of his consecration as a bishop.

A lot of kind words were addressed to His Eminence and his Eparchy which is linked with the Foundation with long years of fruitful cooperation.

Bishop of Barnaul and the Altai Krai Maximus,
the Foundation stuff and soloists of the Russkaya Opera theatre (left to right):
A.G.Okhrimenko, N.I.Goryachkin, S.B. Moskalkov, N.V.Nivinskaya.

In his return speech, Bishop Maximus sincerely thanked the Foundation and its heads A.Y. Bykov and M.I.Chepel for their great contribution to the orthodox charity in the Altai Krai and their help to the Eparchy of Barnaul and the Altai Krai.

His Eminence blessed charitable and missionary initiatives of the Foundation planned for implementation in the Altai Krai in 2012.