Archpriest Alexander Novopashin became a guest of the Saratov mediatranslated

On October 19, the head of the Center for Apologetic Mission in the Siberian Federal District, chairman of the missionary department of the Novosibirsk diocese, vice-president of the Russian Association of Centers for the Study of Religions and Sects, expert of the Patriarchal Commission for the Prevention of Neopaganism, laureate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Archpriest Alexander Novopashin, began a visit to the Saratov Metropolis. Father Alexander will take part in a number of meetings with government officials, the public and law enforcement officers, where he will act as a speaker on issues of countering destructive ideologies and preventing people from being drawn into various religious sects. On October 20, Father Alexander became a guest of the Saratov media. In the television studio of the Saratov Metropolitanate, a recording of the television program “Orthodox ABC” took place, which discussed the threats totalitarian sects pose to the individual, family and state as a whole. On the same day, in the television studio of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Saratov", Father Alexander took part in the recording of the "Accents" program.

In the format of the conversation, modern problems related to religious sectarianism and issues of cooperation between the Church and the state in countering destructive associations were discussed...