“Love is multiplied by division”: Archpriest Evgeny Popichenko on OTV - about the Interregional Conference on Church Social Ministrytranslated

From October 27 to 30, an Interregional Conference on Church Social Ministry will be held in Yekaterinburg with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. The head of the social ministry department of the Yekaterinburg diocese and the Orthodox Charity Service, Archpriest Evgeniy Popichenko, spoke about what kind of forum this would be, about the unique experience of the Yekaterinburg diocese and about the main principle of any ministry on the air of the Accent program.

Father Evgeniy noted that the conference on social church service in this format will be held in the Ural capital for the first time. Heads of social departments and charity services from 16 dioceses of the Ural Federal District will gather in Yekaterinburg. The events will begin on October 28 with the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and then continue at the plenary session and the work of the sections.

The pastor said that in the Yekaterinburg diocese there are all formats of social ministry. Next year, the Mercy Service will be 25 years old. The non-profit organization employs 130 employees who serve in various areas: from helping orphans and teenagers to caring for hospitals, nursing homes and...