The GUFSIN of Russia in the Krasnodar Territory summed up the results of the regional stage of the Orthodox painting competitiontranslated

Convicts serving sentences in correctional institutions of the Krasnodar Territory took part in the Orthodox painting competition “Appearance”, organized by the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia together with the Synodal Department of the Russian Orthodox Church for Prison Ministry.

The theme of this year's competition is “Faith in the life of a convict.” It involves understanding the role and significance of faith in rethinking one’s own destiny, attitude towards participation in the life of society and protecting the spiritual foundations of the state.

The jury of the competition included the head of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Major General of the Internal Service Alexander Prosvernin, the assistant to the head of the Main Directorate for organizing work with believers, Archpriest Vasily Pliska, the assistant head of the pre-trial detention center-1 for organizing work with believers, Priest Vladimir Podberezny, and the heads and employees of the departments of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

The creative works of the convicts were presented for evaluation by the jury by the head of the department of educational work with convicts and penitentiary probation, Vladimir Andreev.

As a result of consideration of the submitted works, the painting “Prayer before the battle” by convict G. from IK-6 was recognized as the best. Second place was awarded to the painting “Orthodox Russia” by convict K. from UFITs No. 2 at IK-14.

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