A seminar on helping drug addicts was held at the Optina Hermitagetranslated

July 12, 2026 · 1 min read

With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, a three-day seminar on “Church Help to Drug Addicts” was held at the Stavropegic Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God, the famous “Optina Hermitage”. The seminar was led by the head of the Coordination Center for the fight against drug addiction of the Synodal Department for

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Галина Новикова

Thank you for telling me. In Optina, such topics are always discussed in depth, especially with the blessing of the Patriarch. It’s interesting who exactly led the seminar from the Synodal Department; their last name was not indicated. We also have a church help group for addicts in Krasnodar, I would be glad to know what methods were discussed there.

Pierre Girard

Thanks for the info. It’s good that they organized this in Optina, where they know how to listen to people deeply. It’s a shame that the name of the animator of the Synodal Center is not given, it would have been useful to follow. At home in Marseille we have a small fraternity which supports the affected families, I will see if I can find the report.

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