3 May 2024 Patriarchal Exarch of Africa Metropolitan Konstantin of Zaraisk arrived in Johannesburg (Republic of South Africa), accompanied by his personal secretary Reader V.V. Dendyuk and assistant Reader K.O. Denisyuk. Dendyuk and Assistant Reader K.O. Denisyuk.
In the evening of this day, on the eve of Holy Saturday, Metropolitan Constantine celebrated Vespers with the removal of the Shroud of the Saviour and Matins with the burial of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg, accompanied by the rector of the church, Archpriest Daniel Lugovoy.