Children meet with a priest at educational talks in the Bryansk librarytranslated

Prikhody.ru 10/06/2026. A conversation between the rector of the Karachevsk church in the name of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the miracle worker abbot Timofey (Eletsky) with students of the Velyaminovsk secondary school named after L.S. Filin took place in the Karachevsky regional library named after N.N. and N.V. Baranskikh (Bryansk region). The meeting was dedicated to the history and significance of the feat of the Bryansk saints for the spiritual and cultural life of the region.

The schoolchildren, together with the priest, remembered the feat of the heroes of the Battle of Kulikovo - the Rev. Alexander Peresvet and Andrei Oslyabi, the holy noble prince and heavenly patron of the Bryansk land Roman Bryansky, who founded the Svensky Assumption Monastery, as well as the founder of the Peter and Paul Monastery, the holy noble prince Oleg Bryansky. The Monk Polycarp of Bryansk, who created the monastery of the Transfiguration of the Lord, as well as the names of the ascetics and martyrs who accepted death for Christ in the 30s of the twentieth century, did not go unnoticed. Hegumen Timofey spoke about the significance of their feat as an example of perseverance, mercy and fidelity to Christian ideals.

According to the diocese’s public service, the children learned with interest that two great ascetics, whose names are known to the entire Orthodox...