Bell ringing festival in Shchelkovo 08/29/2026translated

Main events All news Kolomna diocese Balashikha diocese Podolsk diocese Sergiev Posad diocese Odintsovo diocese Bell ringing festival in Shchelkovo 08/29/2026 On August 29, at the parish of the Church of the Passion-Bearer Tsar Nicholas in the city of Shchelkovo, a bell ringing festival dedicated 25th anniversary of the parish. The parish youth choir performed festive chants, and through the efforts of the head of the Cossack cadet detachment named after Tsarevich Alexy at the parish Sunday school, Arkady Petrovich Slesarev, and the cadets, an exhibition of the parish archaeological museum was prepared. The honorary guests and participants of the festival were the bell ringer, the resident of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, Hierodeacon Joasaph Ustyuzhaninov, and the rector of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Inexhaustible Chalice” in the village of Mizinovo, Losino-Petrovsky church district, priest Valery Ocheretny. The festival brought together young participants from all over the Moscow region. Various methods of performing bell ringing were presented.

At the end of the event, participants were given diplomas and gifts.