Missionary action for National Unity Day in schools of the Ruza districttranslated

From October 26 to November 3, the clergy of the Ruza deanery held missionary meetings with schoolchildren of the Ruza municipal district. The conversations were dedicated to overcoming the Time of Troubles, veneration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the role of the Orthodox Church in uniting the people.

On October 26, at gymnasium No. 1 in the city of Ruza, Archpriest Alexander Lesin met with tenth graders. In the division of the gymnasium in the village of Sytkovo, Archpriest Nikolai Lakoza held a conversation for students in grades 5–9 “Under the Protection of the Virgin Mary: how faith saved the Fatherland.” In the village of Oreshki, students in grades 8–9, together with priest Alexander Astafiev, watched the film “The Abode of Sergius. At the last frontier” and discussed the events of the early 17th century.

On October 27, Archpriest Oleg Kovalev met with fifth-graders from gymnasium No. 1 in the village of Kolyubakino. The priest gave a presentation on the importance of the Orthodox faith and the help of the Mother of God in overcoming the Troubles and liberating Moscow. On the same day, priest Evstafiy Rodin talked with seventh-graders of the Nikolskaya school, Archpriest Artemy Andreev visited high school students of the Nesterov Lyceum, and Abbot Peter (Puzenko) held a meeting at school No. 3 in the city of Ruza.

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