The team of the Rostov-on-Don diocese won the finals of the interregional research project “Lost but not forgotten”translated

From October 10 to October 13, 2026, the final of the interregional research project “Lost but not forgotten” took place in Astrakhan. The organizers were the general director of the ANO DPO "Kyrillitsa" Olga Shevchenko and the head of the events and competitions sector SOROiK of the Russian Orthodox Church with the participation of the ANO Center for Cultural Initiatives "Generation" Hieromonk Trifon (Umalatov).

Defense of research works of high school students from the Rostov, Sochi and Astrakhan dioceses took place in the Bishops' Chambers of the Astrakhan Kremlin. The team of the Rostov-on-Don diocese took first place, presenting five projects: — Anna Kovaleva, research work “The Church in the Name of All Saints”; — Alexandra Sapronova, project “Church in the name of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky”; — Goryacheva Anastasia, research work “Archive of Silence: Historical Evidence of a Vanished Church”; — Ivanova Veronica, “Church in honor of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary”; — Egor Golovko, research work “Echoes over the Don: reconstruction of history.”

Participants presented research results and answered questions from jury members. When preparing their work, schoolchildren studied archival documents and research…