The church helped open a creative family workshop in the Stavropol regiontranslated

The applied arts workshop “Unlight Things” was opened in the Stavropol region thanks to the support of the Synodal Department for Charity.

The project became one of the winners of the II Competition of Church Family Projects of the Synodal Department for Charity, which took place from April 16 to May 3, 2026, according to the Department’s website.

A creative family workshop at the church in honor of the Archangel Michael in the village of Novomikhailovskoye, Stavropol Territory, brought together parents, parishioners of the church, and children, students of the Luchiki Sunday school.

The workshop hosts regular classes in sewing, knitting and creating decorative items.

Thanks to the help of the Synodal Department, sewing machines, tables, shelving, fabrics, accessories and other materials for creativity were purchased for the workshop.

The rector of the church and the head of the workshop, Archpriest Maxim Shevchenko, noted that this place will become a space where the traditions of needlework and crafts will be revived.

– The format of our workshop is a creative family club, where adults and children create beautiful products together, communicate, help each other and spend time usefully. For the Day of the Elderly, the guys made shopping bags that they presented...