Priests from Novosibirsk met with schoolchildren of the Tikhvin gymnasiumtranslated

At the invitation of Bishop Mstislav of Tikhvin and Lodeynopol and with the blessing of Metropolitan Bartholomew of Novosibirsk and Berdsk, the heads of the Missionary and Sports departments of the Novosibirsk diocese, Archpriest Alexander Novopashin and Priest Boris Levitan, held meetings with high school students from gymnasium No. 2 in the city of Tikhvin as part of an educational trip. Father Alexander, who has been studying destructive cults for many years and is a recognized expert in the field of extremism, spoke about information security, social responsibility and how to avoid influence from destructive communities, emphasizing the importance of developing critical thinking, which helps a person look at many things soberly.

Father Boris, responsible for the spiritual and moral education of members of the sports community, in particular, working in the position of the department of the same name of the Russian MMA Union, in a conversation with young people revealed the true meaning of patriotism, which is primarily based on love for one’s Fatherland, one’s people and the faith of one’s fathers, noting the role of Orthodoxy in the formation of a harmonious, spiritually developed personality. The schoolchildren listened carefully to the priests, and then asked...