In 1999, a baptismal church was built and consecrated in the city of Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod region, in honor of St. Barnabas of Gethsemane. It is located on the grounds of the cathedral complex of the Nativity of Christ. The Great Consecration was led by Bishop Varvara of Vyksa and Pavlovo.

After the consecration, the ruling hierarch conducted the Divine Liturgy in the new church together with the dean of the Vyksa and Uspensky districts, Archpriest Dmitry Kolokolov, and the clergy of the cathedral.

It is planned that during the period of the forty-day commemoration, when forty liturgies are held over forty days, the services will be conducted by Bishop Varvara and the clergy of the cathedral.