The second day of the Congress of Sisterhoods of Charity of the Don Metropolis took place in Novocherkassktranslated

On November 12, 2026, the city of Novocherkassk hosted the second day of the Congress of Sisterhoods of Charity of the Don Metropolitanate “Organization of modern nursing service: challenges and prospects” as part of the XXXI Dmitriev educational readings “Christian teaching about man and the challenges of modern technologies.”

Participants of the congress prayed at the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Ascension Military All-Cossack Cathedral, which was performed by the rector of the cathedral, Archpriest Georgy Smorkalov, in the co-service of the clergy of the Novocherkassk deanery, who provides care for the medical and social institutions of the city of Novocherkassk and the guests of the congress in holy orders.

The dean of the parishes of the Novocherkassk district, Archpriest Oleg Dobrinsky, and the head of the Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Rostov-on-Don Diocese, Priest Evgeny Osyak, prayed during the service.

At the end of the service, guests and nurses became acquainted with the history of the Patriarchal Cathedral and its shrines.

The work of the congress continued in the Archangel Michael Church, where the forum participants visited the Church Museum of the church. The dean of the Novocherkassk district, the rector of the church, Archpriest Oleg Dobrinsky, presented the exhibition...