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Father's Day was held at the parish of the Myronositsky Church in the city of Istratranslated

October 20, 2026 · 1 min read

On the last Sunday of October, Father's Day is celebrated in Russia. In honor of this holiday, at the parish of the Myronositsky Church in the city of Istra, a meeting was held with the famous large parents of nine children - Vasily and Natalia Yaltansky.

The media wrote a lot about the Yaltansky family from Dedovsk. Vasily is a candidate of technical sciences, worked as information director in a trade and production holding, and graduated from graduate school at MIPT.

Natalya is a former researcher at the National Center for Laser Systems and Complexes “Astrophysics”, a physics teacher. The couple met during classes at the institute. Initially they were brought up in the spirit of scientific atheism, but later came to the Orthodox faith.

All six daughters and one eldest son graduated from school with a gold medal. Today the spouses Natalia and Vasily have seven grandchildren.

The central topic of conversation at the meeting was the important and determining role of the father in the family, moral values, difficulties in raising children, family crises and sources of inspiration. In a warm conversation, the event participants shared their experiences and discussed together the pressing issues of parental work.

Natalya Yurievna presented her book about the life of a large family, “Everything will work out!”,…

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