A priest of the Yekaterinburg diocese took part in the opening of the Fire Museumtranslated

In Yekaterinburg, on October 20, 2026, the grand opening of the Museum of the History of Fire Protection of the Middle Urals took place. With the blessing of Metropolitan Ekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Evgeniy, the spiritual mentor of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region, Priest Sergius Romanenko, took part in the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Governor of the region Denis Vladimirovich Pasler, the Minister of Emergency Situations of Russia Alexander Vyacheslavovich Kurenkov, as well as the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region Viktor Vladimirovich Teryaev and representatives of the veteran organization of firefighters and rescuers.

The head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations donated to the museum's collection the symbol of the fire department - the bell and expressed confidence that the museum will become an important platform for the patriotic education of young people and the preservation of professional traditions.

– It is symbolic that we are opening the Museum of the History of the Fire Department of the Middle Urals in the historical building of the fire department of the city of Yekaterinburg. These walls are imbued with the spirit of service to the Fatherland and the memory of the courage and dedication of those who are always the first to come to the rescue. The exhibits presented here are a living chronicle of human feats in the fight against…