Clergy Choir Of The Leningrad Metropolitanate

Choir of the clergy of the Leningrad (later St. Petersburg) Metropolitanate. In 1971, through the labors of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), a choir of clerics of the Leningrad diocese was created in the city on the Neva. Under the guidance of Protodeacon Pavel Gerasimov / Павел Герасимов (2), he participated in festive hierarchical services and diocesan celebrations. The choir existed until the death of Vladyka Nikodim and was revived with the arrival of Metropolitan Alexy, later Патриарх Алексий, to the Leningrad cathedra. The team performed on the stages of the Kirov Theater and the Academic Chapel, in 1988 participated in the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia.