After being wounded and treated in the hospital, the warrior Alexander, the son of Archpriest Pavel Plotnikov, dean of the Preobrazhensky deanery, returned home. – News – Novosibirsk Metropolistranslated

On August 18, the Novosibirsk State Art Museum presented an updated exhibition of icon painting from the 16th to 20th centuries. The metropolitan of Novosibirsk took part in the grand opening of the project... On August 17, a meeting of the protege commission of the Novosibirsk diocese was held at the Novosibirsk diocesan administration, chaired by Metropolitan Bartholomew of Novosibirsk and Berdsk. On August 17, in the administration of the Dzerzhinsky district of the city of Novosibirsk, a working meeting was held between Metropolitan Bartholomew of Novosibirsk and Berdsk with the head of the district K.V. Sobolev. Alexander Plotnikov became part of the special operation in the spring of 2023, when he was only 21 years old. He served in the 24th Brigade, in the Vega detachment. During the trip, the participants visited churches and shrines, museums related to the history of Orthodoxy in the region, and also saw the amazing nature of the Altai Mountains.