On the memorial day of St. Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, on July 2, 2026, Bishop Nikolai of Balashikha and Orekhovo-Zuyevsky, editor-in-chief of the Moscow Patriarchate Publishing House, celebrated a prayer service for travelers in the renovated chapel in honor of St. Nicholas of Myra at the Leningrad Railway Station in Moscow, which recently opened after reconstruction.
Passengers, employees of the Leningrad Railway Station, and volunteers prayed during the service.
After the service, Bishop Nicholas addressed the faithful with an archpastoral address. The bishop also introduced the participants of the divine service to new books published by the Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate.
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The educational project "With God on the road" is carried out by the Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate and JSC "Russian Railways". As part of the project, temples and chapels were opened at Moscow railway stations, where prayers are offered to God for all travelers and where everyone can pray before starting the journey. Divine Liturgies are celebrated in railway station churches, prayer services and akathists are held in chapels, and requests for services are accepted.