Bishop Ignatius met with inclusive pilgrims at the Epiphany Cathedral in Polotsktranslated

With the blessing of His Eminence, the Most Reverend Benjamin, Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavsky, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, within the framework of the project “Inclusive Pilgrimage Service” of the Synodal Department of the Belarusian Orthodox Church for Catechesis with the support of the International Grant Competition “Orthodox Initiative-2026” (Fund for Support of Humanitarian and Educational Initiatives “Collaboration” /Russian Federation/) On October 31, an inclusive pilgrimage trip to the city of Polotsk took place.

The trip was attended by directors, parents, teachers and students of state specialized educational institutions: Secondary school No. 188 for children with visual impairments, as well as a number of institutions for children with hearing impairments: Zhdanovichi special boarding school, Special school No. 13 in Minsk, Special school No. 14 in Minsk.

During the trip, an inclusive video was shown about the life of the holy martyr Konstantin Zhdanov. This video was prepared by a studio for creating video content in sign language, operating on the basis of the Synodal Department of the Belarusian Orthodox Church for Catechesis.

The pilgrims visited the Spaso-Euphrosinievsky...