Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan performed a litiya for those killed due to a landslide in Almaty

February 9, 2024. Alma-Ata. In the Alexander Nevsky Chapel of the spiritual and cultural center of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District named after Metropolitan Joseph (Chernov), Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan performed a funeral litany for those killed due to a landslide in the Medeu district of the southern capital.

The tragedy, which claimed the lives of four people, occurred on the night of February 8.

Praying during the service were: Secretary of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District, member of the Patriarchal Council for the Development of Church Singing, Honored Artist of Russia O.N. Ovchinnikov; actin rector of the Alma-Ata Theological Seminary, head of the information and publishing department of the Metropolitan District, Archpriest Evgeny Ivanov; the head of the personal secretariat of the Metropolitan, Hieromonk Prokhor (Endovitsky), the head of the administrative secretariat of the Head of the Metropolitan District, Priest Georgy Sidorov, the deputy head of the information department of the Metropolitan District, Priest Kirill Konoplev; Head of the Metropolitan Protocol Service, Protodeacon Roman Golovin; Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, Head of the Culture Department of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District L.E. Goricheva; employees of the Alma-Ata diocesan administration.

The men's choir of the Alma-Ata diocese sang.