Sobriety school was held in Kobrintranslated

From October 19 to 30, an outpatient rehabilitation project “School of Sobriety” was held in the building of the Sunday school of the parish of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kobrin.

Since it is much more difficult to recruit a training group for this project in a small city, it was decided to post an announcement on the diocesan website, as well as conduct an information and educational campaign “Fast for Sobriety” in two parishes of the city. (The parish of the Cathedral of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky and the parish of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul).

16 people came to the first lesson. The dean of the churches of the Kobrin district, Archpriest Sergius Utrata, delivered a welcoming speech to those gathered. By the third lesson, the number of students was reduced to 10, including one dependent woman. In this form, the study group reached graduation. Fear of publicity and difficulties with homework did not allow the organizers to provide assistance to many people who signed up and even came to the first lesson. In any case, invaluable experience has been accumulated and there is an understanding of how to improve this work.

The project was carried out by the department for combating drug addiction and alcoholism of the Brest diocese and community members of the POT...