The concept of the All-Russian Database of Church Social Projects will be presented at a conference in Yekaterinburgtranslated

The concept of the All-Russian Database of Church Social Projects will be presented at the XVII Interregional Conference on Church Social Ministry, which will be held in Yekaterinburg on October 27-30, 2026.

It is expected that the conference, which will be held with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, will be attended by more than 300 people responsible for church charity in the Ural Federal District, reports the press service of the Synodal Department for Charity.

Among those who will participate in the forum: heads of social departments of the dioceses, coordinators of church volunteer services responsible for helping those returning from the front, senior sisters and confessors of the sisterhoods of mercy, heads of church homes for mothers, projects to help the elderly, centers for helping people with disabilities, shelters for the homeless, centers for helping addicts, as well as government representatives.

On the first day of the conference, November 27, there will be a session “The experience of creating a parish community and organizing social activities in the parish.”

The plenary session of the conference on October 28 will be preceded by a Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which will be led by the Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and…