08.11.26 “Deification or deification”: the XIII Congress of youth workers of the Ivanovo Metropolis was held in Kokhmatranslated

On November 8, on the day of remembrance of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica, the XIII Congress of Youth Workers of the Ivanovo Metropolis was held at the Spiritual and Educational Center of the Annunciation Church in the city of Kokhma. The event took place within the framework of the regional stage of the XXXV International Christmas educational readings “Christian teaching about man and the challenges of modern technologies.”

The main feature of this year was that the congress went beyond the usual closed format and was held as an open meeting. If previously a small circle of people took part in it - staff members and heads of departments, activists, as well as representatives of secular structures responsible for youth policy - then this time the doors were open to all interested.

In total, 87 people from the Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Shuya and Kineshma dioceses took part in the work of the congress.

Before the start of the official part, the rector of the Annunciation Church, Hegumen German (Dvortsov), gave guests a tour of the church historical museum, where the lifetime vestments of Archbishop Ambrose (Shchurov), liturgical utensils of the 19th–20th centuries and other relics are kept. On behalf of all those present, the head of the diocesan department for youth affairs...