The ark with the right hand of St. Spyridon of Trimifunt was delivered to the diocese of Shymkent on October 9, 2026. The capital of Southern Kazakhstan became the final destination for bringing the relics of the saint to the Republic of Kazakhstan. Until the evening of October 10, the shrine was located in St. Nicholas Cathedral in Shymkent.
The Great shrine of Orthodoxy, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and with the kind consent of Metropolitan Nectarius of Kerkyra, Paxia and Diapontia Islands, stayed in the dioceses of the Metropolitan District in the Republic of Kazakhstan from September 21 to October 10.
The bringing of the relics of St. Spyridon was organized by the Eleos-Meirim Public Foundation (President — V.M. Kapsamun).
On the pilgrimage, the relics of the great saint of God were accompanied by Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, Bishop Claudian of Taldykorgan, head of the administrative secretariat of the head of the Metropolitan District, Priest Georgy Sidorov, head of the protocol service of Metropolitan Alexander, Protodeacon Roman Golovin, clergy of the churches of the Astana diocese, representatives of the Kerkyra Metropolitan Archdiocese, led by Protopresbyter Evangelos Koutras and Protopresbyter Thomas Kostamonitis, the main organizer of the sacrifice of honest relics The Wonderworker of Kerkyra within the limits of the Metropolitan District of V.M. Kapsamun.
During his stay in Kazakhstan, the shrine was brought to Karaganda, Uralsk, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Astana, Petropavlovsk, Kostanay, Alma Ata, Baikonur, Pavlodar, Shymkent. Every day, from early morning until late at night, an endless stream of pilgrims went to the Trimifunt hierarch with supplications, wanting to receive spiritual comfort and strengthening. More than 200 thousand people worshiped the relics of St. Christ.
The bringing of St. Spyridon's relics was covered in local and national media. Information support was provided by the Interfax-Kazakhstan agency.
On October 10, at the end of the farewell prayer service at St. Nicholas Cathedral, the shrine was taken to Shymkent airport, from where it was transported by a special flight to its permanent residence in Kerkyra on the island of Corfu in Greece.