The priest of the diocese consecrated the monument to the Cossack pioneer Vladimir Atlasovtranslated

On October 18, a monument to the Cossack Pentecostal pioneer Vladimir Atlasov was solemnly opened on the territory of the Electron Park. The opening was attended by the Governor of the Kamchatka Territory Vladimir Viktorovich Solodov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the region Denis Andreevich Prudkiy, Head of the PCGO Vorovsky Andrey Viktorovich, Head of the Duma of the PCGO Limanov Andrey Sergeevich, atamans of the Kamchatka Cossacks Viktor Vladimirovich Makhinya, Nikolai Vasilievich Byankin, clergy of the Petropavlovsk and Kamchatka diocese, deputies, Cossacks, city residents.

With the blessing of Archbishop Theodore of Petropavlovsk and Kamchatka, the rite of consecration of the monument to Vladimir Atlasov was performed by the rector of the Trinity Cathedral, Archpriest Victor Muzykant, concelebrated by clergy from the churches of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Yelizovo.

“We consecrated a monument to the great man of our Fatherland, who came to the Kamchatka Territory in order not only to annex the lands to our Russian state, but also to bring the word of God here. It was the Cossack pioneers who testified in word and with their lives about Christ. Therefore, a Cossack is, first of all, a keeper of the faith, a person who carries the word of God, tradition, and the Orthodox faith...