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A tour of the cathedral was held for students of the Kamchatka Marine Energy Collegetranslated

October 21, 2026 · 1 min read

On October 19, the head of the diocesan department for work with youth, Priest Roman Nikitin, conducted a tour of the Trinity Cathedral for students of the Kamchatka Marine Energy College.

“Have you heard about the “broken glass theory”? - asks Father Roman. — The theory views petty crime as an active factor influencing the overall crime rate: “If one glass in a building is broken and no one replaces it, then after a while there will not be a single intact window left in that building.” Everyone can give their own example from life: how a candy wrapper thrown past a trash can can turn into a whole garbage heap, how a bad word said to someone causes a chain reaction.

Why is this happening? The root cause of chaos in the world is internal chaos in the human soul (anger, irritability, greed, despondency). External disorder (in the family, in the city, in the state) is only a projection of this internal state.

How to fix it? Authorities must quickly remove physical signs of disorder to demonstrate that the rules apply: fix the façade, and the behavior of people inside the building will change.

But how can you make windows stop breaking altogether? For this you can…

Source: Петропавловская и Камчатская епархия  ·  Read the full story →
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