On Sunday, January 18, 2026, on the Eve of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral “Nativity of the Lord” in the municipality of Chișinău, joined in prayer by Archpriest Vadim Cheibaș, Secretary of the Metropolis and Ecclesiarch of the Cathedral, together with the clergy and the faithful of the holy church.

The memory of the righteous is praised with hymns, and for you the testimony of the Lord is sufficient, O Forerunner. For you were truly shown to be more honorable than the prophets, since you were deemed worthy to baptize in the waters Him whom you had proclaimed. Therefore, having suffered for the truth, with joy you proclaimed God even to those in Hades—Him who was manifested in the flesh, who took away the sin of the world and granted us great mercy.(Troparion of Saint John the Baptist)

On the second day of the great feast of the Nativity of the Lord, when the Synaxis of the Mother of God is celebrated, on January 8, 2026, His Eminence Vladimir, Metropolitan of Chișinău and of All Moldova, was in the midst of the parishioners of the Metropolitan Cathedral “The Nativity of the Lord” in the capital.

The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, His Holiness Metropolitan Vladimir, celebrated the Divine Liturgy on friday, January 9, 2026, on the feast of the Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen, at the “Nativity of the Lord” Monastery in the village of Zabriceni, Edinet district.

When You were baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, the worship of the Holy Trinity was revealed; for the voice of the Father bore witness to You, calling You His beloved Son, and the Spirit, in the form of a dove, confirmed the truth of His word. O Christ God, Who have revealed Yourself and enlightened the world, glory to You.
(Troparion, Tone 1)

“We have fallen ill through sin; let us be healed through repentance. Yet repentance without fasting is powerless. Therefore, set yourself aright before God through fasting.” (Saint Basil the Great)

His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, read on Wednesday evening the third part of the Canon of Repentance of St. Andrew of Crete at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Nativity of the Lord in Chișinău.

His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the first Sunday after the Nativity of the Lord at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the in Chișinău.