From September 14 to September 20, 2026 in Moscow, in the Cathedral Cathedral of Christ the Savior, there was an ark with the right hand of St. Spyridon of Trimifunt.
"Russians" "Russian"""Regional Energy Company", LLC, the World Russian People's Cathedral, the Innokenty Sibiryakov Foundation, and the information partnership of the Thomas magazine organized the offering of the relics by the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church's Commission for the Development of Pilgrimage and the Sacrifice of Shrines. The shrine, brought from the island of Corfu, is accompanied by a delegation of the Greek Orthodox Church.
On September 20, after the veneration of the relics of St. Spyridon of Trimifunt, Bishop Methodius of Yegoryevsk, accompanied by the clergy of the Moscow (city) diocese, performed a prayer service to St. Spyridon.
Metropolitan Matthew of Pskov and Porkhov, Chairman of the Commission for the Development of Pilgrimage and the Bringing of Shrines, prayed in the temple.
At the end of the prayer service, the relics were taken out of the church by Metropolitan Matthew and Bishop Methodius. After the blessing of the faithful, the shrine was received by Priest Evangelos Koutras, a cleric of the Kerkyra Metropolia of the Greek Orthodox Church.
During the stay of the shrine in the Russian capital, more than 300,000 people worshiped the relics.
During the stay of the shrine, the clergy of the Moscow (city) diocese performed prayer services at the shrine with relics and provided spiritual support to the pilgrims standing in line. "Russians" "Patriarch" volunteers" provided assistance to the pilgrims, as well as representatives of the volunteer associations "Forty Sorokov" and "Russian Community".
Security and order during the approach of people to the relics were provided by employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Rosgvardiya. The Moscow City Government provided the necessary assistance and assistance in organizing access to the relics.
After his stay in Russia, the relics of St. Spyridon of Trimifunt will be brought to Kazakhstan. The shrine will stay there from September 21 to October 10. It will be possible to worship the relics of the great Saint of God in eight cities of the republic. The schedule of the offering is published on the website of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District.