Orthodox readings in Yaropoletstranslated

On November 3, in the oldest educational institution of the Volokolamsk district - the secondary school of the village of Yaropolets - Orthodox readings were held, the main theme of which was the celebration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the history of the revival of the Kazan Church of the Chernyshev estate.

Those gathered were greeted by the head of the Education System Department of the Volokolamsk District Administration Elena Aleksandrovna Medvedkova, the school director Svetlana Vladimirovna Filippova and the rector of the Kazan Church priest Mikhail Zavitaev.

In the audience, the archivist of the Joseph-Volotsk stauropegial monastery Elena Alekseevna Vasilyeva spoke with the message “The meaning of the Kazan icon in Rus'”; student at MSUTU. K.G. Razumovsky Ermolov Yan with the report “Symbols of unity: the Kazan icon and the Cossacks in the history of Russia”; granddaughter of the headman of the Kazan Church Lyubov Fedorovna Kiryushina with family memories; the head of the Yaropolets Folk Museum Tatyana Viktorovna Kozlova with the message “The history of the reburial of Count Z.G. Chernyshev”; teacher of Russian language and literature at the Yaropolets school, Maria Mikhailovna Savtsova, with a touching story about children’s letters “What they ask God for”; Hero of Labor of Russia, local historian and teacher Tatyana...