"Parish history in dates." 2003: II Congress of the Association of Orthodox Youth of Belarus in the parish “Joy of All Who Sorrow”translated

On February 6 - 9, the 2nd Congress of the Association of Orthodox Youth of Belarus was held at the parish in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in Minsk. Representatives of 17 brotherhoods of the Belarusian Exarchate, 5 people from each brotherhood, took part in the congress. Before the opening of the congress, a prayer service was served in the church of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk. A prayer service before the start of any good deed was performed by priest Alexander Pronin and deacon Dimitry Romanovich. The chairman of the United...