The certification commission visited three Sunday schoolstranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan Longin of Simbirsk and Novospassky, in the 2026–2027 academic year, remote and on-site inspections are planned in all Sunday schools of the Simbirsk diocese.

On October 24 and 25, three Sunday schools underwent scheduled on-site certification: in the city of Novoulyanovsk, the village of Bolshoye Nagatkino and the Spassky Convent of Ulyanovsk.

On October 24, teachers of the Sunday school of the Church in the name of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity in the city of Novoulyanovsk conducted three open lessons for the diocesan certification commission: “Orthodoxy for kids” in the preschool group, in the 1st grade on the Old Testament and in the 4th grade in the Church Slavonic language. The school has 36 students, and 6 teachers work with them. The confessor and director of the Sunday school, the rector of the church, Priest Nikolai Gensitsky, teaches church studies and the fundamentals of Christian morality. Children also study the history of the Christian Church, the New Testament and choral singing. School students participate in competitions. The cartoon “Protector of Simbirsk” created by the students became a laureate of the “Volunteer of St. Seraphim of Sarov” competition, the vocal ensemble “Paraskeva” won at the international festival-competition “Sofia”...