Patriarchal Liturgy in Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow with Epistle and Gospel readings in Yakut
On 9 December a historic event took place – the Patriarch, Aleksiy II, held a service in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow at which a priest from Yakutia read the Epistle and Gospel readings from the modern translation of the New Testament (IBT, 2004) following the Church Slavonic texts. it was thrilling to hear a Turkic language in a cathedral service in Moscow...