On November 27-28, 2024, the XXVI World Russian People's Council took place at the Orthodox Educational Center «Usovo-Spasskoye»
.The charity section was headed by the acting chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service Archpriest Mikhail Potokin and a member of the bureau of the presidium of the WRNS, head of the Foundation «Elizabeth-Sergius Enlightenment Society» Anna Gromova. The section was attended by the director and chief physician of Saint Alexis Hospital Alexei Zarov, heads of two branches of the hospital, staff of the Synodal Department for Charity, clergy, sisters of mercy, representatives of church social projects, non-profit and public organizations. The participants discussed the activities of sororities, assistance to people in need, those who suffered in the conflict zone and those who returned from the front.
«Spiritual life is intimate, it is always hidden from outsiders, — noted Archpriest Michael Potokin. dungeons and all those who suffer. These are works of mercy that cannot be hidden. They become a sermon and a testimony of the love that is present in the Church. And today we have gathered to share our experience and discuss how to do works of mercy.
Welcoming remarks to the participants and organizers were made by Archbishop Barsonofiy of Novoazovsk, Bishop Sergiy of Borisoglebsk and Buturlinovo, Abbess Marfa-Marina Monastery of Mercy Higumen Elisaveta (Pozdnyakova), head of the Department for Work with Public Organizations of the Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society and the Media Protopriest Demetrius Roshchin and rector of the Church of the Savior in the village of Usovo, Archpriest Dionisius Kazantsev.
Marfa-Maryinsky Monastery of Mercy and rector of the Church of the Savior in the village of Usovo, Archpriest Dionisius Kazantsev.
Anna Gromova spoke about the history of development of the Russian Red Cross Society under the patronage of first Empress Maria Alexandrovna, and then Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fyodorovna. training in professional nursing programs.
«Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, princesses Olga and Tatiana underwent training courses for nurses of mercy and then worked in the Tsarskoye Selo infirmary, — said the director and chief physician of the St. Alexis Hospital. After all, the sister of mercy cares for the seriously ill and wounded, and for this she, first of all, needs skills and knowledge». The hospital's training center has been training nursing nurses since 2019. In five years, 160 courses have been held in 55 regions. Thanks to traveling courses, sisterhoods have been established in Gorlovka, Berdyansk, Novoaidar, Lugansk, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Danilov, Yaroslavl, and Volgodonsk.
The conference was attended by the staff of the Synodal Department for Charity. Head of the direction of assistance to the homeless Andrei Yakunin spoke about medical assistance to homeless people in Tyumen.Priest Nikolay Vorozhbit described the difficulties of organizing social activities in the Far Eastern Federal District. Pastoral support for those who have returned from the front. Natalia Yeremicheva, head of the Moscow church headquarters for assistance to refugees, shared her experience in organizing assistance to injured civilians.
The section was also addressed by the head of the social department of Rostov diocese, chairman of the service «Mercy-na-Donu» Priest Evgeny Osyak, representatives of the sisterhood in the name of St. St. Elisabeth the Martyr in Lakhta Elena Kabakova and Yulia Bugaeva, head of the Elizabeth branch of St. Alexis Elena Kazinova, sister of the Gorlovka Sisterhood in the name of Martyr Eugene the Physician Elizaveta Dvoryanova, head sister of the Marfo-Mariana Sisterhood of Belgorod Elena Khimchenko, head of the St. Luke branch of St. Alexis Hospital, head sister of the Pereslavl Diocesan Sisterhood of Mercy Yulia Tovstaya, head of the social department of Rybinsk Eparchy Priest John Perevezentsev, Deputy Dean for Research at the Faculty of History and Philology of the Orthodox Svyato-Tikhonovsky Humanitarian University Elena Kozlovtseva, Director of the Orthodox Educational Center «Usovo-Spasskoye» Andrei Milanovich, Irina Levina, chairman of the Sverdlovsk Regional Branch of the Russian Red Cross, Alena Sokolskaya, head of the Klin Urban District, Archpriest Oleg Denisyuk, rector of the church in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Demyanovo Estate, and Elena Leonova, head of the Maternity and Childhood Support Center «Cradle» Perm Eparchy
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