A festival of intellectual sports for the cup of the Ekaterinodar and Kuban diocese was held in Krasnodartranslated

On October 25, a festival of intellectual sports was held for the cup of the Ekaterinodar and Kuban diocese, dedicated to the Year of the Unity of the Peoples of Russia. The event took place with the blessing of Metropolitan Vasily of Ekaterinodar and Kuban.

The festival was attended by more than 350 participants from the Republic of Buryatia, the Rostov region and 9 municipalities of the Krasnodar Territory (Krasnodar, Armavir, Beloglinsky district, Gelendzhik, Dinskoy district, Novorossiysk, Primorsko-Akhtarsky municipal district, Seversky district, Tuapse municipal district). Pupils of the children's Sunday school of the Church of the Holy Spirit and students of the Krasnodar Polytechnic College also took part in the competition.

Before the start of the competition, the chairman of the commission on physical culture and sports of the Ekaterinodar and Kuban diocese, rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Archpriest Sergiy Lopasov, addressed the guests and participants of the festival with a welcoming speech. The priest wished everyone God's help in the competition, fair fight and victory, and also, according to tradition, read a prayer for the athletes.

The event took place with the support of the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports of the Krasnodar Territory,…