Priest Stanislav Smolyak has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus for his cooperation with emergency service organs and units in fulfilling their assigned tasks.translated
His Eminence was assisted by Father Sergiy Kuzmenko, head of the Synodal Department of the Belarusian Exarchate for cooperation with the Armed Forces and other military formations; and Father Ioann Kovalev, deputy head of the Synodal Department and head of the Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces in the Minsk Eparchy, pastor of Saint Michael the Archangel Church in New Village, Minsk District. Other invited clergy from the eparchies of the Belarusian Exarchate also participated.
During the service, Archbishop Gurii of Novogrudok and Slonim, the hegumen…
