Trip of students and teachers of the Istra Professional College to the Joseph-Volotsky Monasterytranslated

On November 12, a group of students and teachers from the Istra Professional College, a branch of the State Humanitarian and Technological University, took a trip to the Joseph-Volotsky Stauropegic Monastery. The event was organized with the assistance of the parish of the Myronositsky Church in the city of Istra. The pilgrims on the trip were accompanied by the cleric of the Myronositsky Church, Priest Maxim Saryev, who is responsible in the Istra deanery for interaction with organizations of higher and secondary vocational education.

The trip program turned out to be rich and informative. First, the participants got acquainted with the life of St. Joseph of Volotsk and the history of the monastery - from its foundation to the present day. The Assumption Cathedral made a special impression on the guests: pilgrims studied the magnificent church paintings and iconostasis, and then honored the main shrines of the monastery: the relics of St. Joseph and the Volokolamsk Icon of the Mother of God. Next, students and teachers, accompanied by a guide and a priest, climbed the monastery wall and visited the tower, where they learned the story of St. Maxim the Greek.

The program continued with a visit to the Museum of the Bible, where guests saw unique editions of the Holy Scriptures, as well as…