The spiritual and moral program “Pokrovsky Evenings” will be held in Velikiye Luki for a weektranslated

Prikhody.ru 10/07/2026. Days of Orthodox culture “Pokrovsky Evenings”, dedicated to the spiritual and moral education of the younger generation, will be held in the Pskov city of Velikiye Luki from October 9 to 16. For several years they have been carried out by the city Education Department and the Velikiye Luki diocese.

On October 9, Bishop Barnabas of Velikoluksky and Nevelsk will lead divine services in the homeland of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' - in the Klin churchyard in the Pskov province (now the village of Klin in the Kunyinsky district of the Pskov region). The Days of Orthodox Culture “Pokrovsky Evenings” will be opened by a religious procession from the Church of St. Tikhon in the village of Kunya to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in the village of Klin, according to the diocese’s public page on the social network VKontakte.

On October 11, in the conference hall of the Central City Library named after M.I. Semevsky, a scientific and educational round table is planned to be held, dedicated to the life and work of Archpriest John (Ivan Mikhailovich) Pulkherov - a clergyman, public figure, founder of Orthodox local history of Velikiye Luki. On October 24, 1860, Archpriest John Pulcherov opened a school for teaching at the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary...