III Interdiocesan mini-football tournament “Fathers’ Cup” in Dmitrov on Father’s Day 10/18/2026translated

On October 18, 2026, on the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, the III Interdiocesan mini-football tournament “Fathers’ Cup” was held in the “Clover” football arena in Dmitrov. This year, the tournament, dedicated to Large Family Day in the Moscow Region and All-Russian Father's Day, brought together 12 teams from the deaneries of the Sergiev Posad diocese, as well as guests from the Odintsovo and Podolsk dioceses. The organizers of the competition were the Commission for Family Issues, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood of the Sergiev Posad Diocese, the Dmitrov Deanery, the Clover football club (Dmitrov) and the parish of the Panteleimonovsky Church in the city of Dmitrov. This year, only fathers with many children took to the field, arriving with their families, who warmly supported the players, creating the atmosphere of a real family holiday. The tournament began with a prayer service to St. Cyril and Mary, parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh. The dean of the Dmitrov church district, Archpriest Afanasy Chornoguz, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech.

Then the chairman of the Diocesan Commission on Family Issues, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood, rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in the village of Poyarkovo. Khimki priest Alexander Nasibulin in his…