“OUR OWN: together we are strength”: a joint meeting of the VRNS and the Society of Russian Literature was held in Belgorodtranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol, on October 5, a joint meeting of the Belgorod regional branch of the World Russian People's Council and the Belgorod regional branch of the Society of Russian Literature in the name of Metropolitan Macarius (Bulgakov) of Moscow and Kolomna took place in the Belgorod Metropolis. The theme of the meeting was “OUR OWN: together we are strong.” The meeting was chaired by Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol. The work was attended by representatives of the Belgorod Metropolitanate, members of the VRNS and ORS, the regional government, the Public Reception of the VRNS in Belgorod, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, the assistance service for the Commissioner for Children's Rights, the Public Chamber of the region, the State Fund "Defenders of the Fatherland", and the clergy.

The meeting was attended remotely by the Deputy Head of the World Russian People's Council, Chairman of the All-Russian public movement "Orthodox Russia" Ivanov Mikhail Mikhailovich, who highly appreciated the work of the regional branch in supporting the participants of the Russian People's Council and their families. Particularly noted was the work of the VRNS Public Reception under the leadership of Vladislav Lykov, who managed to collect…