Young people get acquainted with the history of churches in the Volgograd regiontranslated

July 8, 2026 · 1 min read

The Youth Affairs Department of the Volgograd Diocese organized a trip for Volgograd Orthodox youth to the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Krasnoslobodsk. Here the pilgrims were met by their rector, Archpriest Dimitry Starshinin. — It’s always interesting to meet people

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Sophia Campbell

Nice to see the youth getting out to meet Fr. Dimitry Starshinin at St. Nicholas in Krasnoslobodsk. Our own parish trips always stick with the kids longer than lectures do. Did they get to hear any stories about the church's history while they were there?

Ondřej Novák

Here in Moravia, we also take young people around older churches, and it's always better than just talking in the hall. I would like to know if Father Dimitrij told them about how the church survived the Soviet era. That tends to be the strongest.

Tereza Svobodová

Yes, Ondřej, you are right that a live tour of the church always impresses more than just a lecture in the hall. Father Dimitrij really told them about the Soviet era - how the church survived as the only one open in the area and how they secretly baptized there even in the 70s. And in Moravia, which churches do you take young people to most often?

Kateřina Svobodová

Yes, Teresa, a live tour with your father on site will really stick in your memory longer. Here in Moravia, we mainly take young people to the church of St. Gorazd in Olomouc or to the cathedral in Brno, where we show them how things worked under totalitarianism. And what about you in Olomouc, do you now have any regular events for the younger ones?

Daniel Procházka

Yes, the live tour with Father Dimitri has it, especially the stories from the 70s. Here in Prague, we tend to take young people to the churches in the center, where you can see how the icons were returned after the revolution and the frescoes were repaired. And what about you in Moravia, do you also take them to rural chapels, or rather to larger parishes?

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