Bishop of Krasnoyarsk and Achinsky Nikita became a metropolitan

Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill erected a bishop Krasnoyarsk and Achinsky Nikita in the rank of Metropolitan.

The ceremony took place on April 13 in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior during the Divine Liturgy.

For the liturgy, among others, the senators of the Russian Federation from the Krasnoyarsk Territory Andrei Klishas and Alexander the USS prayed. The patriarchal worship was broadcast on the air of two Orthodox television channels and on the official website of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Recall, the decision of about the appointment of the 55-year-old Bishop Nikita to the head of the Krasnoyarsk Metropoliswhich previously managed the Kozel diocese in the Kaluga region, was adopted on March 20, 2025 at a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Krasnoyarsk and Achinsky Panteleimon (69-year-old Nikolai Kutova) byHe threw your post for health reasons.

Nikita, Metropolitan of Krasnoyarsk and Achinsky

Member of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation – a representative from the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Member of the Federation Council

Ex-head of the Krasnoyarsk Metropolis, the former manager of the Krasnoyarsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church