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On 21 July 2010, after the Divine Liturgy at th4e newly blessed Cathedral of the Transfiguration, Metropolitan Agafangel of Odessa and Izmail gave a festive reception in honour of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

Attending the reception were His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine; Metropolitan Varsonofiy of Saransk and Mordovia, Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate; Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; the archpastors who concelebrated the Divine Liturgy; heads and staff members of the Synodal Departments; clergymen of the Odessa diocese; representatives of state authorities; and diplomats.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill conferred church awards on the benefactors who contributed to the restoration of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration.