Information and Consultation Center of St. Irenaeus of Lyon

"Great Victory: legacy and heirs."

Direction: “Interaction of the Church with state and public institutions and the media”

Section: “Put on the whole armor of God”

Reports and messages:

1. Filaret, Bishop of Dalnekonstantinovsky, vicar of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese. Welcome speech at the opening of the section.

2. Professor Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin, Doctor of Philosophy, Candidate of Theology, Professor of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University (PSTGU), President of the Center for Religious Studies in the Name of St. Irineya Lionsky, President of the Russian Association of Centers for the Study of Religions and Sects (RACIRS), Vice-President of FECRIS - European Federation of Research Centers for Information on Sects. A word on the opening of the section and a review of events in the sectarian world over the past year.

3. Elopov Alexander Petrovich. Senior lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, History and Political Science at the Belarusian State University of Transport (Gomel, Belarus), teacher at the Gomel Diocesan Biblical and Theological Courses named after St. Mitrofan (Krasnopolsky). “Apology for paganism and occultism in the works of Professor A.V. Pyzhikova".

4. Prot. Georgy Ioffe , Chairman of the Missionary Department of the St. Petersburg Diocese. “Galina Tsareva’s project is an attempt to destroy the Christian and scientific worldview.”

5. Nikolaeva Anna Vladimirovna , religious scholar, employee of the Center for Religious Studies named after St. Irenaeus of Lyon. "Distribution of sectarian mailings among Orthodox Christians."

6. Bakharev Dmitry Nikolaevich , lawyer at the Center for Religious Studies in the Name of St. Irenaeus of Lyon. "Children in sects."

7. Yarasov Alexey Viktorovich , deputy head of the Missionary Department of the Tula Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. “Modern features of ideological processes within the pseudo-Orthodox new schismatic movement in Russia.”

8. Ivanishko Igor Viktorovich , teacher of the Department of Further Education, Faculty of Psychology, Russian Orthodox University of St. Ioanna Bogoslova, senior lecturer at the Department of Criminal Procedure, Criminology and Forensic Science, Russian State University of Justice under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. “The School of M.P. Shchetinin: results of activities, forecasts for the spread of practice and teachings of the pedagogical sect.”

9. Archpriest Maxim Obukhov , head of the Orthodox medical and educational center. "The Sectarian Roots of Yeast Fear."

About reading the truth

“The descendants of the Red Army soldiers who liberated the world from fascism are responsible for preserving historical memory,” said Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' at the opening ceremony of the XXVIII Christmas readings. “There are more and more untruths about the Second World War, more and more calls are being made to reconsider the significance of the feat of our people and the role of our country, therefore, we, the descendants and successors of the victors, have a huge responsibility to preserve and pass on to future generations the truth about those events.

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked about the same in a telegram to the forum. He emphasized that historical truth holds society together and helps different generations feel like a single nation.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at the opening, acknowledged that the readings as a social phenomenon “have established themselves as an authoritative platform for the open exchange of opinions.” He noted that the discussion about the Great Victory is important, since “the initiatives and recommendations of the readings give impetus to the strengthening of civil, interethnic and interfaith peace.”

In parallel with the opening of the Christmas readings, the publishing council of the Moscow Patriarchate held a video conference “Modern Russian literature about the Great Patriotic War.” Its topic is the problem of historical memory of the Victory and the formation of a culture of historical memory among young people. The authors of the discussion offer new twists on the topic - how modern literature about war resists the falsification of history and how it reflects the participation of Russian soldiers in modern peacekeeping operations.

3,115 artistic works from Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Cyprus and Argentina took part in the XV children's competition “The Beauty of God's World”. Photo: RIA Novosti

The next reading venue is the Federation Council, where the Christmas parliamentary meetings are held. Their work was led by the Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko and Patriarch Kirill. Also in Moscow, the exhibition “The Beauty of God’s World. Great Victory: legacy and heirs." It presents the best works of children - winners of the XV international children's competition "The Beauty of God's World". 3115 works from Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Cyprus and Argentina took part in it.

“Worthy works of modern culture need information support,” says Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. “They contribute to the preservation of national historical memory. Art influences the worldview of people of any age, which is why it is so important that the impact be constructive and not destructive.

The XXVIII International Christmas Educational Readings will last at more than 10 venues in Moscow until January 29.

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The first Christmas readings took place in Moscow in 1993.

"Great Victory: legacy and heirs."

Direction: “Missionary service of the Russian Orthodox Church”

Section: “Our struggle is not against flesh and blood”

Reports and messages:

1. Filaret, Bishop of Dalnekonstantinovsky , vicar of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese. Welcome speech at the opening of the section.

3. Priest Alexander Kuzmin , rector of the Boris and Gleb Church in Saratov, teacher of the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary, Ph.D., head of the Saratov branch of the Center for Religious Studies, Executive Secretary of RACIRS. “The latest changes in the Jehovah’s Witnesses sect after its ban in Russia.”

4. Reshetov Vladimir Nikolaevich , Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor at the Institute of Laser and Plasma Technologies of National Research Nuclear University MEPhI. “How homeopathy fights with the scientific community of the Russian Federation.”

5. Archpriest Alexy Slyusarenko, candidate of theology , cleric of the Church of the Holy Martyrs and Confessors Guria, Samon and Aviv in the city of Lugansk, senior lecturer at the Department of World Philosophy and Theology of Lugansk State University. IN AND. Dalia, member of RACIRS. "The war years of Porfiry Ivanov."

6. Dvorkin Alexander Leonidovich , Professor, Doctor of Philosophy, Candidate of Theology, Professor of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University (PSTGU), President of the Center for Religious Studies in the Name of St. Irineya Lionsky, President of the Russian Association of Centers for the Study of Religions and Sects (RACIRS), Vice-President of FECRIS - European Federation of Research Centers for Information on Sects. "The Moonies: Seven Years Without a Moon."

7. Archpriest Sergei Statsenko , Chairman of the Educational Department of the Tashkent and Uzbekistan Diocese, Vice-Rector for Education, teacher of the Tashkent Orthodox Theological Seminary, rector of the Church of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky, Tashkent. "Occult trends in parish life."

8. Voat Alexey Aleksandrovich , candidate of philosophical sciences, associate professor of the department of public administration and youth policy of the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports, Youth and Tourism, associate professor of the department of theology of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University. “The Twelve Step Program: A Cult or an Effective Method of Addiction Recovery?”

9. Globa Grigory Viktorovich , Chairman of the Dnepropetrovsk Center for Assistance to Victims of Destructive Cults “Dialogue”. “Experience in protecting the rights of a minor from a totalitarian-religious family.”

10. Ivanishko Igor Viktorovich , teacher of the Department of Further Education, Faculty of Psychology, Russian Orthodox University of St. John the Evangelist, Art. Lecturer at the Department of Criminal Procedure, Criminalistics and Forensic Science at the Russian State University of Justice under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. “Activities of neo-Pentecostal sectarian associations in Ukraine: analysis of modern cult and non-cult practices and doctrinal changes.”

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February 3, 2021

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On November 2, the 19th Diocesan Christmas educational readings opened in the Kuznetsk diocese. With the blessing of His Eminence Seraphim, Metropolitan of Penza and Nizhnelomovsk, temporary administrator of the Kuznetsk diocese, the plenary session and work of the sections, due to the threat of the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), will be held online (remotely).

Brief program of the XXIX International Christmas educational readings “Alexander Nevsky: West and East, historical memory of the people .

The international stage of the Readings will be held in Moscow from January 24 to 27, 2021.

Due to the difficult epidemiological situation, the Readings will be held in a special format , with a limited number of participants present in person at the events.

Entrance to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior for the Divine Liturgy and Solemn Session on January 24 will be open only to invited persons . At the same time, divine services and ceremonial sessions will be held for participants in the Readings in the Directions, as indicated in the program of the relevant Directions.

Applications for participation in the solemn events of the Directions on January 24 must be reflected in applications from dioceses.

Registration will be open for all Directions events (conferences, sections, seminars, round tables, etc.) , according to which entry to the events will be carried out. Broadcasting of key conferences and seminars will also be organized Relevant information will be posted on the Readings website as data is received from responsible persons from the Directions. For Readings participants who will not be able to come to Moscow, if included in the program, the opportunity to make a presentation remotely will be organized. Follow the information on the Readings website.

Applications for participation with reports in the work of the Directions must be sent to the address of the executive secretaries of the Directions indicated on the corresponding page in the “Directions” section before November 10, 2020. The application must indicate information about the speaker (full last name, first name, patronymic, title ( if any), position and place of work, academic degree), title of the report, as well as brief abstracts (up to 1500 characters).

ATTENTION! Changes and clarifications will be made to the program as they are received by the Readings secretariat. Please stay tuned for program updates.

The program is available for download HERE.

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Conversations with the priest. Christmas educational readings

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In the Yekaterinburg studio of our TV channel, the chairman of the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis of the Yekaterinburg Diocese, priest Andrei Shchukin, answers questions. – Father, I congratulate you on the beginning of the Nativity Fast.
- Heartfelt thanks. The time of the Nativity Fast is a very joyful time, bringing us closer to the holiday of the Nativity of Christ.

– And we have another joy - just recently the opening of the Christmas readings took place.

- Yes. Regional stage of the International Christmas educational readings in the Yekaterinburg Metropolis. The plenary session was held on November 27, thus, this forum began its work. It continues its work now in our region, the next – international – stage will take place in Moscow, where people will gather not only from all over Russia. A lot of people always come to Moscow for Christmas readings, for whom the theme of the readings is an important topic in their life and work.

– This year everything took place in a new format.

– Yes, of course, we are now working remotely. Some of the participants in the plenary session joined the conference and went on air remotely, but the main broadcast took place from the “Russia - My History” park. Sverdlovsk region". Metropolitan Kirill of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye came to the park, and there were also honorary participants in the Christmas readings: Vice-Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Sergei Yuryevich Bidonko and Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District Viktor Petrovich Dubenetsky.

The forum is very serious. The theme of this year's Christmas readings is dedicated to the 800th anniversary (celebration of this date will be in 2021) of the birth of the blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky. This is a massive event; it is not only church, but also state; Accordingly, the Christmas readings forum is associated with this topic. The regional stage of the Christmas readings for the diocese and metropolis is the entry point into this topic associated with the blessed prince Alexander Nevsky. We not only remember his life, his activities, his exploits, but for us his time is very important, since it connects us with the values by which we live today.

The theme of the Christmas readings is “Alexander Nevsky: West and East. Historical memory of the people." The topic is connected with the historical memory of the people, with man, with how from generation to generation we pass on some experience, some values. This is a very important conversation in the context of the 21st century. A changing age; For us, every year is, in fact, a whole decade. Therefore, this is a very relevant conversation not only for people who are familiar with this topic and work in it (specialists, historians, and cultural experts are involved in the Christmas readings). But since the theme of the Christmas readings is still educational, it is very important for the adult who is on the front line.

– We are talking about a simple teacher, educator.

- Yes. Because in fact, the fate of the country is decided there - when our children meet their teacher in kindergarten or school; when a teacher accompanies a child on his educational path to personal happiness. This is a very important point.

The blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky is a kind of guide to our personal feat, to our personal happiness. We must understand that his time is not an old time at all. We think: “Eight hundred years have passed! We are completely different now. What can we learn there?..” But in fact, that time was very similar to ours, then people were faced with the same problems that we are facing now. And some problems and issues were resolved not only within the state, but also on a personal level. Problems of communication, dialogue, relationships are related to our everyday life. And the personality of the noble prince can really help us.

Therefore, Christmas readings attract a huge number of different people. For example, this year, for the first time, the consuls general of the countries that work here in the city of Yekaterinburg participated in the Christmas meetings at the regional stage. We talked with diplomats about how they understand dialogue, how they build this dialogue in the context of their work or in the context of the situation in which their country is developing, as part of their work in the Russian Federation. Do not think that this is some kind of useless coverage of this topic; on the contrary, this is a very important point, because sometimes our personal is seen in something great. Sometimes we cannot understand our neighbor, although we seem to speak the same language. Therefore, we need in life a collision with something great, with some situation that could turn us around, showing our personal situation from the other side.

The plenary discussion that we had was related precisely to how dialogue is built between countries and between specific people. This is the key to understanding. We must understand that the regional stage of the Christmas readings is the beginning of this discussion. And most importantly, the Christmas readings are aimed precisely at how this topic will resonate in secondary schools in the context of a conversation between a teacher and his students.

- Correct me if I'm wrong. It seems to me that when they talk about these kinds of activities, events, they often think that this is just some kind of formality: they completed it, reported and forgot. But if you start to understand the topic, a lot will open up. After all, the materials that were presented, including at this conference, reveal in a new way what we seem to know. But it turns out we don’t really know...

– Christmas readings are an acquaintance (even if now remote) with the experiences of different people. Of course, now, in the 21st century, we associate our participation in some event with how we pay attention to it. This is a feature of our time. For example, a person walks past some kind of exhibition (even in a shopping center, not necessarily in a museum) and stops his gaze on some painting. From a modern point of view, the meeting took place: he paid attention to the painting, it interested him, and it entered his life.

We must understand that now we are encountering some kind of novelty, some kind of beauty, some kind of magnitude in exactly this way. This is what overtakes us, and it may not last very long, but the meeting occurs, and then the person can do something with this novelty, he continues to work with it. He may not do anything; In our time, it is already important that a person listened to this topic. Perhaps this topic will open up a little later, when he meets with some more information, with some other person and discovers something else for himself.

I'll give you an example from my personal life. For me, the theme of Alexander Nevsky began to play in a very special way when I arrived in the ancient city of Pereslavl-Zalessky, where the prince lived. On the excursion we were shown a temple in which an interesting rite of passage took place, so to speak. This is when a boy lives with his father, with men who raise him as a warrior. This is a very interesting episode in the life of the prince. Suddenly I realized that this event opened up for me in a completely different way not only the life of the prince, but, in fact, my life as a person. Because there are some events that transfer us from one state to another, and it is no longer possible to return back.

For example, for a clergyman, ordination is a very serious moment. Many priests discover the moment of ordination several years after everything has happened, when some path has already been traveled. I remember one of the clergy said how he was riding on the subway and realized that he was already a priest; and it horrified him. That is, some depth has opened up. This is a very important point.

What happens when we come into contact with history? It seems that we know everything about Alexander Nevsky. But when we come into contact with the place where he lived, with the temple he went to, we begin to discover the people with whom he lived (father, his relatives, who, of course, influenced him), we suddenly discover a whole world. And not only the world of other people, but also your own world. Because in the life of every person there are moments that transfer him from one status to another: when we begin to grow up, when we think about a feat, about a profession. And so on and so forth. There are things that are revealed precisely after contact with some great people. Without a doubt, the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky is a great man.

– In everyday life, as children or teenagers, we also meet people who greatly influence us. For example, these are teachers. Now I’m talking in the broad sense of the word, and not just about a specific Russian language teacher, for example, or a Sunday school group. After all, a teacher is little more than a person who imparts a certain segment of knowledge...

- Yes. There is a serious problem in education today. We all understand and realize that teaching is not work, it is service. There are professions that cannot be perceived as work. Yes, of course, without a doubt, people should receive compensation for their work. But it is impossible to measure their work. These include doctors, priests, teachers, and military personnel. This is what it says about the military: they serve the Fatherland. There are people who cannot work, they can serve; this is their calling. That is, a person must grow up to this.

In the 21st century, we are faced with situations when a person does not want to perceive his activity in which he is engaged as service; it is more convenient for him to perceive it as work. This is a serious problem, and it exists in every generation of people. There are people who are truly sons and daughters of the Fatherland. The Savior in the Gospel speaks of this as about shepherds and mercenaries. This mercenaryism (in any profession) robs us of not only earthly, but also eternal rewards. We must have some moments that reboot our activities, our ministry. And one of these moments is when someone comes into our life; this person (or event) becomes a guide for us to a completely different perception of our personal life.

That is, we meet Alexander Nevsky, but find ourselves alone with ourselves, and suddenly a depth opens up in us that we have not seen. We would never have seen this depth if not for Saint Alexander Nevsky (or any other saint). In general, the Nativity Fast is full of the memory of saints; we meet with different saints during this period. For example, the Holy Great Martyr Catherine (she is the patroness of education) comes into our lives, and suddenly education in general and our personal education open up for us in a different way.

We understand that we cannot cope with some things now, but if each of us can discover some certain depth within ourselves, there is a chance that life will begin to change. And when life around changes, in the gospel understanding this is the Kingdom of God, which people will see without tasting death. Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh speaks about this.

- I have a question. Formally, we complete our studies after we leave the walls of higher or secondary educational institutions. There is a very small percentage of people who then retrain and receive additional education. That is, at some point, we, adults, stop being in touch with the educational process, forgetting the knowledge that we received, forgetting about how to study in general. It is very difficult to return to some new knowledge; for example, take it and start studying astronomy...

– We live in very interesting times. On the one hand, we suffer from distance communication. This is a serious problem that I won’t talk about now because people are still going through it. On the other hand, it is now possible to receive an education remotely (I’m not talking about school or even higher education institutions), when people already have a profession and work in their profession. There are a lot of opportunities to take some courses with some specific great people in this profession, in this line of work.

– With real professionals.

- Yes. This is our ongoing education, when we do not stop this process, but allow other experiences in one specialty or another, in some topic, to discover something new in us. Of course, doing this remotely is very convenient. I’m surprised by this because I remember a time when all this didn’t exist...

– There weren’t even electronic libraries.

– I remember we typed some texts on a typewriter. This time is very close for me. But now we can listen to lectures from different universities, both Russian and foreign, listen to professors in translation or not in translation. That is, we have certain successes in this direction, when information is quickly transmitted about some discoveries, about some novelty that researchers and testers discover in this world. And it's just wonderful. This is our ongoing education.

It is much more difficult when you achieve a certain professional level, because then it is impossible without meeting a real person. These people are guides in our profession, activity, in our life, in our love. There are people who are very important to us. What do we discover when we meet truly great people? We see the light of these people. Great people continue to live in the life of another person. We understand that this is a truly great man, because he lives by love, faith, hope, and the feat of our ancestors. This is the historical memory of the people; it is transmitted.

– Wonderful park “Russia – my history”...

- Good project.

– Amazing project! I, to my shame, have never been there for several years of its existence, but this year I visited. There was an opportunity to walk through the halls and have a look. I thought I'd just go in and have a look, but to be honest, I couldn't tear myself away. I walked around the entire second floor. The topic was dedicated to the Great Patriotic War and Victory. Now you are talking about how a meeting with a great person changes something in yourself, and I understand that these images, some thoughts, still live in me. What’s stopping you from telling your friends: “Guys, there’s such a wonderful park - let’s go have a look, we’ll learn a lot there”?

– We live in completely different times. Previously, the text changed us: we opened the book - and the text changed us. Then we began to interpret the texts. At the moment, people are a little tired of interpreting texts, and now, in 2021, we understand that we now need another “window” to look at what was, what will be, and what is. We need a different vantage point.

Such cultural parks are when we enter the topic through a picture. I really enjoyed the park “Russia – My History”. I liked how the topic related to our Sverdlovsk intelligence officer Kuznetsov was revealed; how it was revealed, how it was told. This is a man who not only accomplished his feat during the war. This is a man who lived next to us, grew up the same way we grew up. This is a person who received an education. But what did he do with this education? After all, he was a scout...

– Yes, he applied this knowledge.

– That is, we are discovering an amazing person.

It’s one thing when we come across some thing that belonged to a person... Let’s say we come to Moscow, go to the Historical Museum and see there a helmet (or sword) that belonged to one of the warriors of Ancient Rus'. And this is a contact with the history of that person. And here is another entry point, a different position from which we enter the topic, and we also need to be able to organize this correctly. There are really serious specialists working in the park, interested people help them, and they create wonderful exhibitions.

In general, such parks are not designed for a person to see everything at once. I saw the same park in Moscow: you have to come there more than once. It is very interesting. We are now changing the format of discovering some new information for ourselves. This is one of the modern and quite effective ways of discovering something great and important.

– We talked to you about Christmas readings. For those who are interested, how can you get to know the information more closely and in more detail?

– On the website “Christmas-readings-ural.rf” you can watch the entire plenary meeting (live broadcast) exactly as it developed. You must understand that the site dedicated to the Christmas readings here in the Urals, in the Yekaterinburg Metropolitanate, will be supplemented with some news about how the Christmas readings are developing and how it is opening up in people’s lives.

Presenter Timofey Obukhov

Recorded by Nina Kirsanova

Program of the section on social service at Christmas readings - 2021

The XXVIII International Christmas educational readings “The Great Victory: Heritage and Heirs” will be held in Moscow from January 26 to 29, 2021. We are publishing the full program of the direction “Personality, Society and the Church in Social Service”, the work of which will be headed by the Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and social ministry, Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky Panteleion. A brief program for other areas can be found by following the link.

XII DIRECTION “INDIVIDUALS, SOCIETY AND CHURCH IN SOCIAL MINISTRY”

(as amended as of January 16, 2020)

12.1 Section “The Orthodox Heritage of Charity Today: Integration of Deaf People into Parish Life.”

Chairman: Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky PANTELEMON

Curators: Priest Evgeny Morozov, rector of the Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God of the Patriarchal Compound of the Simonov Monastery, Veronika Viktorovna Leontyeva, head of the department for work with the disabled of the Synodal Central Children's Society of the Russian Orthodox Church

Read also: § 4. Spread of Christianity.

Time: January 27, 11.00–15.00

Venue: Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God of the Patriarchal Compound of the Simonov Monastery, st. Vostochnaya, 4, building 1; m. "Avtozavodskaya""

Before the start of the section, the Divine Liturgy with sign language translation will be performed. Liturgy begins at 8.30

Speakers:

Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky PANTELEMON, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Russian Orthodox Church. Greeting.
Archpriest Grigory Krizhanovsky, clergyman of the Holy Trinity Monastery of Jonah. “Formation of the unity of community life of the deaf: problems and achievements using the example of the Kyiv community of the deaf”
Priest Valentin Terekhov, cleric of the Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God of the Patriarchal Metochion of the Simonov Monastery. “Integration of deaf and hard of hearing parishioners into parish life”
Winter Daria Petrovna, teacher of the Novosibirsk Orthodox Center for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing in the name of St. Macarius of Altai. “Methodological features of preparing and conducting classes in the parish Sunday school for the deaf”
Deacon Artemy Ovcharenko. "Translation of the Gospel of Mark into Russian Language as a means of catechesis for the deaf."
Andreikin Andrey Andreevich, teacher of the deaf, head of the Center for work with deaf and hard of hearing people “The Right Hand” of the Church of All Saints who shone in the Russian land, in Novokosino, Moscow. “How the world of icons of the Andrei Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art became accessible to deaf visitors.”
Archpriest Dmitry Simonov, rector of the Church of Sts. App. Peter and Paul at the Russian State Pedagogical University named after. A.I. Herzen, St. Petersburg, Olga Shulgina, director of the “Giraffe” film studio. “Screen adaptation of fragments of the Bible for deaf children and teenagers” Bible. Episodes."

12.2. Section “Current issues in hospital ministry.”

Chairman: Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky PANTELEMON, Chairman of the Synodal OCBSS.

Curator: Natalya Shakuro, assistant to the chairman of the Commission for Hospital Ministry at the Diocesan Council of Moscow.

Time: January 27, 10:00–13:00 (break 11:30–12:00).

Start of registration: 9.30

Venue: St. Alexy Central Clinical Hospital, Conference Hall, Leninsky Prospekt, 27.

Directions: metro station "Oktyabrskaya", "Shabolovskaya".

“Current issues in hospital ministry”

Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky PANTELEMON, Chairman of the Synodal OCBSS. "Hospital Priest"
Prot. Ioann Kudryavtsev, Deputy Chairman of the Commission for Hospital Ministry at the Diocesan Council of Moscow, rector of the Church in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God “Consolation and Consolation” at the Botkin Hospital. “Water-blessing prayers in hospital departments.”
Arkhipov Sergey Viktorovich, assistant to the chairman of the Commission for Hospital Ministry under the Diocesan Council of Moscow. "Volunteers in the Hospital"
Voronova Lyudmila Valerievna, religious sister of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity at the Research Institute named after. Sklifosovsky. “The experience of serving as a layman in a hospital.”
Kravchenko Tatyana Evgenievna, teacher at the St. Demetrius School of Sisters of Mercy, junior nurse of the palliative department, teacher at the training center of the Central Clinical Hospital of St. Alexis “Nursing care. Basic needs of the patient."
Borshchik Elena Yakovlevna, head of the “Help for Children” project of the social ministry department of the Ekaterinburg diocese. “Lack of warmth and spiritual support for children undergoing long-term treatment, their parents and medical staff.”
Vorobyova Valentina Viktorovna, head of the palliative care department No. 1 of the Central Clinical Hospital of St. Alexy. "Features of counseling in the palliative department."
Dubova Evgenia Sergeevna, volunteer coordinator of the St. Alexy Central Clinical Hospital “Volunteers in the palliative department.”
Jer. Vladimir Sukhanov, rector of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity at the St. Vladimir Children's Hospital. “Can we help dying patients and their relatives?”
Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky PANTELEMON, Chairman of the Synodal OCBSS. Summarizing. Answers on questions.

12.3. Meeting-seminar of the Chairman of the Synodal Department for Charity with the heads of diocesan departments of social orientation.

Chairman: Bishop Orekhovo-Zuevsky PANTELEMON

Curator: Deacon Igor Kulikov

Time: January 28, 18:00–20:00

Venue: Church of the Blessed Tsarevich Dimitri, Golitsynsky office,

Leninsky Prospekt, 8, building 12;

Directions: metro station "Oktyabrskaya"

12.4. Section of the Association of Sisterhoods of Charity. “Ministry of mercy in Russia. Heritage, continuity, innovation."

Chairman: Hieromonk Joseph (Nugaev), rector of the Church of St. Nicholas at the National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery named after. acad. N.N. Burdenko.

Curator: Nun Elisaveta (Khudoyarova) coordinator of the Association of Sisterhoods of Charity.

Time: January 28, 10:00-15.00

Venue: Research Institute named after. Burdenko, 1st Tversoky-Yamskoy lane, 13/5;

Directions: m. Mayakovskaya

Before the start of the section, a prayer service will be performed. Starts at 10.30

Speakers:

Archpriest John Kudryavtsev, rector of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God of Otrada and Consolation at the Botkin Hospital, member of the Commission for Hospital Ministry at the Diocesan Council of Moscow. “Service of water-blessing prayers in hospital departments.”

Baranova L.P., director of the almshouse, Sisterhood in the name of the blessed Tsarevich Dimitri, Moscow. “The experience of participation of the St. Spiridonian almshouse in the state program IPSSU (individual program for the provision of social services).”
Priest Alexey Lebedev, Department of Church Charity and Social Service, St. Petersburg. “Features of serving as a nurse in palliative medicine.”
Presentation of a distance learning program and textbook for nurses.
Arzamastseva S.V., director of the training center of the St. Alexis Hospital. "Education, professional training of nurses."
Egorova O.Yu., Head of the Resource Center and Palliative Care Service for HIV Infected People of the St. Demetrius Sisterhood. “Palliative care for HIV-infected people.”
Davydova A.A. , director of the patronage service program of the St. Demetrius Sisterhood. "Organization of home care."
Lebedeva E.B., Dorofeeva E.S. “The use of new technologies and modern equipment in caring for seriously ill patients.”

12.5. Section of the Department of Social Work of PSTGU. “The feat of everyday life is the path to Victory.”

Chairman: Priest Alexander Aleshin, Deputy Chairman of the OCBSS, rector of the Church of the Origin of the Honest Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (All-Merciful Savior) in Kuskovo, Moscow.

Curator: Tatyana Valerievna Zaltsman, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor, head of the department of social work of PSTGU

Time: January 28, 11:00 – 15.30

Venue: Main building of PSTGU Vladimirsky Hall, Likhov lane, 6.

Directions: M. Chekhovskaya, Tverskaya, Pushkinskaya, Tsvetnoy Boulevard

Reports:

Priest Alexander Aleshin, Deputy Chairman of the OCBSS. Greeting.
Zaltsman Tatyana Valerievna, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor, head of the department of social work of the FSN PSTGU. “How to make the history of the country a part of your life.”
Salacone Alessandro, phd, representative of the Community of St. Egidia in Russia. “Can a Christian overcome? Reflections on the courage and the “weak strength” of Christians.”
Konopatchenkov Alexey Vyacheslavovich, acting Director of the St. Demetrius School of Sisters of Mercy, Chairman of the Board of the International Public Organization "Society of Former Russian Prisoners of Mauthausen", Vice-President of the International Mauthausen Committee. "Former prisoners of fascism: memory, responsibility and future."
Solovyova Irina Vyacheslavovna, head of the department of social and youth work, senior teacher of FSN PSTGU. "Management in social service." Master Class. “To the world about Victory: modern language and new forms.”

A theatrical composition based on a story by V.P. Astafieva "Signalman". An essay by 4th year students in the direction of “social work” under the guidance of Marina Anatolyevna Raznochintseva, associate professor of the department of stage plastic arts at the Institute of Theater Arts named after. I.D. Kobzon.

Installations and exhibition of works dedicated to military themes.

12.6. Round table of the Coordination Center for Combating Drug Addiction “10 years on guard. Current issues in working with drug addicts"

Chairman: Bishop of Kamensk and Kamyshlovsky MEFODIUS

Curator: Alexey Vladislavovich Lazarev, head of the anti-drug addiction department of the Synodal Department for Charity

Time: January 28, 09.30-14.30

Venue: Moscow State Technical University named after. N. E. Bauman, educational and laboratory building, Conference hall, Rubtsovskaya embankment, 2/18

Directions: metro station "Baumanskaya"

Round table for heads of specialized diocesan departments, heads of church anti-drug projects, rehabilitation centers, and drug addiction specialists. Issues of preventing the use of narcotic substances, increasing the efficiency of anti-drug services and associations, and experience in training personnel are proposed for discussion.

12.7.Section “Helping the Homeless.” Round table: “Features of helping the homeless in large cities.”

Chairman: Bishop of Orsk and Gai IRENEY

Curator: Irina Nikolaevna Meshkova, head of the department of assistance to the homeless of the Central Children's Social Security Center of Moscow Region

Time: January 28, 13.00-16.30

Venue: Church of St. blgv. Tsarevich Dimitri, Golitsynsky office, Leninsky pr., 8, bldg. 12

Directions: metro station "Oktyabrskaya", two stops on any trolleybus towards the region

Speakers:

Bishop of Orsk and Gai IRENEY. Greeting.
Meshkova Irina Nikolavena, head of the direction of helping the homeless of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service, “Homelessness as a social disease.”
Oreshina Daria Andreevna, researcher at the laboratory “Sociology of Religion” at PSTGU. “Portrait of a homeless person in a large city: rehabilitation potential (results of a sociological study).”
Roman Sergeevich Skorosov, head of the homeless assistance department of the NGO “Mercy” (Moscow). “Factors promoting social rehabilitation of homeless people. Comparative experience in the rehabilitation of homeless people at 4 sites (agricultural shelter, large farm, shelter, workhouse).”
Zalesskaya Tatyana Alekseevna, social worker of the homeless assistance service of the NGO “Mercy” (Moscow). On the possibility and necessity of diagnosing the degree of desocialization of homeless people.
Bunin Konstantin Evgenievich, head of the service for helping people in difficult life situations of the ROO “Orthodox Service of Mercy” (Ekaterinburg). “Ekaterinburg: from urgent social assistance to social rehabilitation of the homeless.”
Yakunin Andrey Aleksandrovich, Chairman of the Board of the ANO CRSP “Mercy” (Tyumen), “Comprehensive rehabilitation of the homeless.”

12.8. Seminar “Prevention of abortion and its place in the socio-demographic policy of Russia.”

Chairman: Archimandrite Dorofei (Vechkanov)

Curator: Studenikina Maria Mikhailovna

Venue: Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, BKZ.

Time: January 28, 15:00–18:00

Directions: Miusskaya square, 7, building 1. m. Novoslobodskaya.

12.9. Section of the Society of Orthodox Doctors (OPVR) named after. St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) “Wartime Medicine: Mercy, Selflessness, Professionalism.”

Co-chairs: Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky PANTELEMON, Chairman of the OCBSS MP;

Chuchalin Alexander Grigorievich, Head of the Department of Hospital Therapy, Russian National Research Medical University named after. N.I. Pirogov of the Ministry of Health of Russia, member of the Executive Committee of the OPVR, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Prof.; Inaccessible Alexander Viktorovich, researcher, Research Department of Cardiology, First Moscow State Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenova, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the OPVR, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Prof.;

Curators: Hierodeacon Kirill (Pustagraev), member of the Executive Committee of the OPVR, Ph.D.; Dronov Ivan Anatolyevich, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the OPVR, Associate Professor of the Department of Childhood Diseases of the First Moscow State Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenova, Ph.D.

Venue: Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service, st. Nikoloyamskaya 57, building 7 (metro station “Ploshchad Ilyicha”, “Rimskaya”)

Time: January 29, 10.00–17.00.

Plenary session 10.00-13.00

Speakers:

Chuchalin Alexander Grigorievich, Head of the Department of Hospital Therapy, Russian National Research Medical University named after. N.I. Pirogov of the Ministry of Health of Russia, member of the Executive Committee of the OPVR, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Prof.; Vorobyov Sergey Ivanovich, Professor of the Department of Human Pathology, First Moscow State Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenov Ministry of Health of Russia (Sechenov University), member of the Executive Committee of the OPVR, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Prof.; Hierodeacon Kirill (Pustagraev), member of the Executive Committee of the OPVR, Ph.D. “To the 160th anniversary of the creation of the Society of Orthodox Doctors of the Russian Empire”
Archpriest Sergius Filimonov, rector of the Church of the Sovereign Icon of the Mother of God in St. Petersburg, professor of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology with the clinic of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education PSPbSMU named after. acad. I.P. Pavlova of the Ministry of Health of Russia, member of the Executive Committee of the OPVR, candidate of theology, doctor of medical sciences, prof. “The military path of St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky)”
Vorobyov Sergey Ivanovich, Professor of the Department of Human Pathology, First Moscow State Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenov Ministry of Health of Russia (Sechenov University), member of the Executive Committee of the OPVR, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences, prof. “Spiritual understanding of Victory in the Great Patriotic War”
Archpriest Roman Manilov, rector of the church in the name of St. John Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, Tver, Director of the Ekaterina Bakunina Foundation, Chairman of the Department of Culture of the Tver Diocese “Medical characters and their real prototypes in military literature”
Zaytsev Andrey Alekseevich, chief pulmonologist of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Main Military Clinical Hospital named after. Academician N.N. Burdenko", chief pulmonologist of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, colonel of the medical service, doctor of medical sciences. "Respiratory diseases in military personnel"

Break 13.00-13.30

Conference of representatives of regional branches of the OPVR 13.30-17.00

12.10. Conference of the St. Demetrius School of Sisters of Mercy “War and Mercy”. Opening, plenary session.

Co-chairs : Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky PANTELEMON, Gromova Elena Gennadievna

Curator: Alexey Vyacheslavovich Konopatchenkov

Time: January 29, 13:00-17:00

Venue: Main building of PSTGU, Likhov lane, 6

Directions: metro Trubnaya, Tsvetnoy Boulevard

12.11. Round table of medical colleges “Experience and prospects of spiritual and moral education in medical colleges.”

Chairman: Bishop Evfimiy of Usman, secretary of the Lipetsk diocese.

Curators: Alexey Vyacheslavovich Konopatchenkov, candidate of historical sciences, acting director of the St. Demetrius School of Sisters of Mercy of the Moscow Department of Health, head of the church history department of PPDS; Tatyana Ustinovna Tuchkova, Ph.D., corresponding member of the International Academy of Further Education, employee of the Center for Spiritual Education of the Lipetsk Metropolis.

Time: January 29, 9.00-11.30

Venue: Church of St. blgv. Tsarevich Dimitri, Golitsynsky office, Leninsky pr., 8, bldg. 12

Directions: metro station "Oktyabrskaya".

Speakers:

EUPHYMIUS, Bishop of Usman, Secretary of the Lipetsk Diocese. Greeting.
Priest Nikolai Petrov, head of educational work at the St. Demetrius School of Sisters of Charity of the Moscow Department of Health.
Hieromonk Sergius (Volkov), head of the information department of the Yelets diocese of the Lipetsk Metropolis.
Archpriest John of Kashirsky, head of the department for social service and church charity of the Tambov diocese.
Archpriest Sergiy Vogulkin, MD, professor, teacher at the Sverdlovsk Regional Medical College.
Archpriest Dimitry Malakhov, teacher, Usman branch of the Lipetsk Medical College
Chesnokova Antonina Ivanovna, specialist in theology, deputy head of the Center for Spiritual Education of the Lipetsk Metropolis.
Kornaukhova Tatyana Aleksandrovna, candidate of pedagogical sciences, deputy director of the Lipetsk Medical College for academic work.
Timofeeva Oksana Georgievna, teacher at the Usman branch of the Lipetsk Medical College.
Levina Irina Anatolyevna, director of the college, Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation, chief freelance specialist in managing nursing activities of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation in the Urals Federal District and the Ministry of Health of the Sverdlovsk Region.
Lapochkin Evgeniy Vladimirovich, Ph.D. Sc., Director of Tombov Regional Medical College, Honored Health Worker of the Russian Federation.
Zakharkina Olga Vladimirovna, Chairman of the Central Medical Committee of the educational cycle of the OGSE GBPOU Nizhny Novgorod Medical College.

12.12. Section “The Orthodox Heritage of Mercy at the Present Stage of Work with People with Disabilities.”

Co-chairs: Archbishop of Tiraspol and Dubossary SAVVA, Bishop of Melekes and Cherdaklinsky DIODOR, Malofeev Nikolay Nikolaevich, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Education, professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor of education. n.

Curator: Veronika Viktorovna Leontyeva, head of the department for work with disabled people of the Synodal Central Children's Society of the Russian Orthodox Church

Time: January 29, 11.00–15.00

Venue: Marfo-Mariinskaya Convent of Mercy, Blue Living Room, st. B. Ordynka, 34;

Directions: metro station "Tretyakovskaya"

Speakers:

Archbishop of Tiraspol and Dubossary SAVVA. Greeting.
Malofeev Nikolay Nikolaevich, professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Education, doctor of education. n. Greeting.
Veronika Viktorovna Leontyeva, head of the department for working with people with disabilities of the Synodal Regional Center for Children's Social Welfare of the Russian Orthodox Church "Personal and psychological characteristics of social workers and volunteers of assisted living homes for people with disabilities"
Priest Feodosius Ambartsumov, head of the coordination center for work with children left without parental care, at the Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the St. Petersburg Diocese “Comprehensive assistance to orphans with disabilities in the projects of the Orthodox Children's Mission named after St. Seraphim Vyritsky”
Zaltsman Tatyana Valerievna, head of the department of social work of PSTGU “Results of the educational program “Providing situational assistance to low-mobility groups of the population”
Sviridova Elena Vasilyevna, senior volunteer of the center for spiritual and moral support of orphans with mental disabilities “Chaika” based on the parish of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of the Gatchina Diocese “Inclusive festival of creativity and culture “Equal to Children” in the village of Lebyazhye, Leningrad Region”

12.13. Round table “Sobriety, spiritual and moral education and public health”

Co-chairs: Bishop VICTOR of Glazov and Igrinsky; Petrova Elena Alekseevna, Doctor of Psychiatry. Sc., Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, Social Medicine and Adaptive Rehabilitation Technologies of the Russian State University of Social Sciences.

Curator: Doronkin Valery Konstantinovich, head of the Coordination Center for Combating Alcoholism and Promoting Sobriety at the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service.

Venue: Russian State Social University, st. Wilhelm Pieck, house 4.

Time: January 29, 2021 11.00 –14.00

Directions: metro station “Botanical Garden”, last car from the center, 10 min. on foot.

Speakers:

Archpriest Igor Bachinin, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Head of the Department of Theology of the Ural State Mining University (UGGU), Chairman of the John the Baptist Brotherhood “Sobriety” of the Russian Orthodox Church, Yekaterinburg. “Spiritual and moral education and public health.”
Khasminsky Mikhail Igorevich, head of the Center for Crisis Psychology at the Patriarchal Metochion of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ on Semenovskaya, member of the Public Council of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (FSIN), editor-in-chief of the online magazine “Russian Orthodox Psychology” and crisis assistance portals memoriam.ru and boleem.com. “Psychology of sober thinking. Overcoming difficult life situations."
Victoria Viktorovna Arshinova, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of the Department of Prevention of Addictive Behavior, Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Narcology, Moscow Department of Health, Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, Russian State University for the Humanities. “Regulatory regulation of public health and sober education.”
Zadorin Igor Veniaminovich, head of the ZIRCON Research Group (“Center for Intellectual Resources and Cooperation in the Field of Social Sciences”). “The practice of “collective sobriety” as the key to the success of socio-economic development of small towns and rural settlements.”

12.14. Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Association “Council of Rectors of Medical and Pharmaceutical Higher Education Institutions”. "Healing, Mercy, Faith"

Organizers:

Russian Orthodox Church
Association "Council of Rectors of Medical and Pharmaceutical Higher Education Institutions"
FSBEI DPO "Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Co-chairs:

Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky PANTELEMON.
Rector of the First Moscow State Medical University named after. I. M. Sechenova Glybochko Petr Vitalievich, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Rector of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Further Professional Education "Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Dmitry Alekseevich Sychev, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

Curators:

Esaulenko Igor Eduardovich, Rector of the Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Moshetova Larisa Konstantinovna, President of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

Time: January 29, 2021: 15.00 - 18.00

Venue: Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Further Professional Education "Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 125993, Moscow, st. Barrikadnaya, 2/1, building 1, room. 109

Reports:

Reshetnikov Vladimir Anatolyevich, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Public Health and Healthcare, Faculty of Preventive Medicine, First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov. “Orthodox churches at medical and pharmaceutical universities of the Russian Federation.”
Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky PANTELEMON. "War and Peace".
Simonenko Vladimir Borisovich, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapy of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. “Botkins: he who endures to the end will be saved.”
Vera Olegovna Timoshenko, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Public Health and Healthcare of the Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. “The significance of the activities of Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky in the spiritual formation of a doctor’s personality"
Knopov Mikhail Mikhailovich, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Disaster Medicine of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. "Medical service in times of war and peace."
Esaulenko Igor Eduardovich, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Rector of the Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. “Practices of introducing traditional Orthodox values into the educational process of a higher medical school.”
Gacheva Larisa Georgievna, head of the art workshop of PSTGU, senior Lecturer at the Department of Monumental Art, Faculty of Church Arts, PSTGU. “Principles of arranging hospital churches and prayer rooms in hospitals.”

Duration of presentations: 20 minutes

As part of the conference, a meeting of representatives of youth volunteer organizations of the Scientific and Educational Medical Cluster “East European” will take place.

Topic: “The role of spiritual education in the organization and implementation of volunteer activities”

Time: January 29, 2021: 13.00 - 15.00

“Christmas readings help to understand what should be done to strengthen faith in the lives of the people”

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

On January 26, 2021, on the 32nd Sunday after Pentecost, after Epiphany, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. The service preceded the work of the XXVIII International Christmas educational readings “The Great Victory: Heritage and Heirs.” At the end of the Liturgy, the Primate of the Russian Church addressed those gathered in the church with the Primate’s word.

Your Eminences and Graces! Dear bishops, fathers, mother abbess, monks, nuns! Brothers and sisters! Representatives of the Orthodox intelligentsia! All those who make up the body of the wonderful meeting of the Russian Church called the Christmas Readings!

For many years after the death of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of All-Russia, no church-wide meetings, with the exception of those prescribed by the Charter, were held - only Councils and meetings of the Synod. In modern times, we have achieved the opportunity to form a new institution with the participation of the episcopate, clergy and laity and called it the Inter-Council Presence. But before the era that opened up new possibilities for conciliar life, it was the Christmas readings that were the platform on which the spirit of conciliar discussion was practiced and improved.

I remember well that the first Christmas readings were accompanied by many problems - both from the point of view of leadership, and from the point of view of ideological content, and from the point of view of people’s readiness to gather for these readings. But by the grace of God, the difficulties of the first stage have long passed, and today the Christmas readings are a wonderful example of the activity of all those who are actively working for the good of the Russian Orthodox Church, those who have largely identified themselves with the Church. We see a desire to meet, discuss important problems, develop a methodology for working together, and I am also happy because the focus of the Christmas readings is always on such an important sector of our church life as spiritual and religious education.

In a sense, the Christmas readings have become an unofficial quasi-local Council, because everyone is present at them - the episcopate, the clergy, the monastics, and the laity. This meeting, of course, does not have the canonical power of a Local Council, but it has potential equal to or approaching the potential of the Council. That is why I always pay special attention to holding Christmas readings. How often the speakers at these readings help me understand, both for me as the Patriarch and, I am sure, for the episcopate and clergy, what needs to be done today to strengthen the Orthodox faith in the life of our people, so that the Word of God reaches the hearts of people, so that as many young people as possible come to the Church so that we will eventually stop being called the “Church of Older Women.” Of course, few people can attend our everyday services except pensioners and retired women, but today they are trying to broadcast this image to the entire Church, and behind this the conclusion is offered: look, after all, all this is probably a thing of the past!

Our Christmas readings completely dispel this myth, because here, within the walls of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, our activists gather, working to resolve the most pressing issues in the field of relations between the Church and society. Of course, the most important direction of this work is education, including teaching the fundamentals of Orthodox culture in schools and, in general, teaching in secondary educational institutions, including electives, subjects that can open up our youth’s ideas about spiritual life, the role and significance of Churches. All this is being accomplished quite successfully with your help, my dears, with the help of all those who are present here today.

To summarize, I would like to say: you are doing one of the most important things that exists not only in the Church, but also in the world. Through your word, relying on your life experience, on your faith, you pass on such knowledge to people, primarily children and youth, which helps them connect faith and culture, faith and knowledge, to become modern Orthodox people who cannot be frightened by any scientific formulas . Because we are raising a generation that has a taste for science, has a high level of knowledge, and combines this knowledge with a deep Orthodox faith. In other words, what is happening today in the educational system of the Russian Orthodox Church is aimed not only at preparing children for life in the Church, for liturgical participation in this life, but also at the formation of a new person - an Orthodox person, devoted to the Lord with all the strength of his soul and at the same time possessing modern knowledge, a cultured person, ready to conduct a dialogue with the outside world, including the ability, according to the word of the apostle, to give an appropriate answer to everyone who asks about his faith (see 1 Pet. 3:15).

Once again I want to say that I really appreciate the work of everyone united around the Christmas readings. Let this wonderful movement in our Church - the movement of our teachers, intellectuals, theologians, representatives of the clergy and the people - never weaken, but, on the contrary, gain strength, so that this movement will be taken up by new generations of youth who would be able to come to God and become His faithful apostles, His faithful companions, His faithful children. May the Lord protect you all. I appreciate your efforts and invoke God’s blessing on them. Amen.

January 27, 2021 Source: Patriarchia.ru

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