On November 6, 2024, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, head of the Synodal Committee for Cooperation with the Cossacks Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk took part in an extended meeting of the Presidium of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The meeting addressed issues of military-political work in the Armed Forces, as well as work with believing servicemen in the area of the Strategic Defense Forces. The Public Council under the Defense Ministry summarized the results of work with believers and youth.
Major General Sergei Gusev, First Deputy Head of the Main Military and Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, who took part in the meeting, thanked all members of the Public Council under the Defense Ministry for their work and said that the greatest response from servicemen was the activity of public servants in remote garrisons.
Major General Sergei Gusev, who participated in the meeting, thanked all members of the Public Council under the Defense Ministry for their work and said that the greatest response from servicemen was received by the activities of public servants in remote garrisons.
Members of the Public Council during their trips not only delve into social problems and professionally solve the most pressing issues, but also delight the military and their families with concerts and performances by famous artists, musicians, publicists and writers who come with them to remote garrisons.
Metropolitan Kirill said that many servicemen turn to faith during the tense days of special operations. More than 32,000 combatants have been baptized during the special operations.
Metropolitan Kirill said that many servicemen are turning to faith.
«The staffing level of assistant commanders for work with believing servicemen is 320 people. However, the special operation has shown that there is a catastrophic shortage of staff positions for military priests in the army. Now we are working together with the leadership of the Defense Ministry's Main Military and Political Department to increase their number, — — said the bishop, adding that part of the problem of staff shortage is solved by volunteer priests who, in addition to their direct duties, are also engaged in social work, taking to the front lines humanitarian aid collected by parishioners.
The vladyka also voiced a very sad statistic — six priests have died in the war zone during the entire time of the SVO. At the same time, 35 clergymen participating in the NWO were awarded state honors, 11 of them with the Order of Courage.
Metropolitan Kirill also said that soldiers gladly accept donations of crosses, small icons of the Savior and the Mother of God, saints, and other holy items.
The Archbishop said that every day 100 clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church are involved in work with believers in the SSO zone.
The Archbishop said that every day more than 100 clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church are involved in work with believers in the zone of the special operation, and more than 2,000 priests, as well as imams of spiritual administrations of Muslims and representatives of Buddhist organizations were involved in the special operation.
The Archbishop said that more than 100 clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church are involved in work with believers in the zone of the special operation.
«In the first months of the special operation, when the minds of many of our intellectuals were in disarray, the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as all traditional confessions, supported the decision of President Vladimir Putin. From our side, these military actions are just, as they are truly liberating. In the course of this special operation, our compatriots are being protected from genocide and Ukrainian fascism. This is a war not only against the West, which brought to power the current regime, supported and armed it, it is a war against the dictate of globalists and their desire to destroy Russia and the entire Russian world» — concluded Vladyka Kirill.
In turn, the first deputy of the Chief Staff of the movement «Yunarmia» Victor Kaurov summarized the results of eight years of work with young people and said that 5390 former Yunarmeys take part in the SWO. At Two of them became Heroes of the Russian Federation.
The most numerous, according to him, are regional branches of the Unarmy in the republics of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and Dagestan, Stavropol, Krasnodar and Krasnoyarsk territories, Samara, Moscow, Orenburg, Kemerovo, Rostov, Bryansk, Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod regions.
The most numerous are the regional branches of the Unarmy in the republics of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and Dagestan, Stavropol, Krasnodar and Krasnoyarsk regions.
In the meantime, Pavel Gusev, chairman of the Public Council under the Defense Ministry, reminded that the final meeting of the Public Council will be held at the end of November, during which the work plan for 2025 will be considered.
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