From the Rassofor Tonsures of Hieromonk Victor and Nun Lucia
On Thursday, the 29th of August/11th of September, 2025, on the feast of the Beheading of the Holy Foreunner and Baptist John, the Protopresbyter Victor Melehov and the Presbytera Lucia were tonsured as rassofor monastics in Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The tonsures were performed by His Grace, Bishop Philaretos of Pallini and Western Europe.
The Western European Diocese wishes good patience and obedience to the newly tonsured monastics, Hieromonk Victor, and Nun Lucia!
What a wonderful day! I can definitely say that I know Fr. Victor and Matuska Lucia very well and they have served the Church in the most caring and loving way. Their faith and love for the truth of Orthodoxy is solid as granite. God blessed them with this next level of service and they are my inspiration.