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The Krasnoyarsk diocese has begun accepting works for the “Beauty of God’s World” competitiontranslated

September 7, 2026 · 1 min read

The diocesan stage of the XXII International Children's Art Competition “The Beauty of God's World” has started. The competition is held with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia as part of the International Christmas Educational Readings.

This year the competition is dedicated to the theme “The Beauty of God’s World: the Peoples of a United Russia” and is dedicated to the Year of the Unity of the Peoples of Russia, declared by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

The goals of the competition are the spiritual, moral and patriotic education of the younger generation, introducing young people to Orthodox culture, identifying new talents and creating an environment for creative communication between children and youth of Russia, near and far abroad countries.

Competition nominations:

“Main theme” - works on the themes of the unity of the peoples of Russia, love for the small Motherland, cultural traditions (“We are one family”, “My small Motherland”, “Cultural heritage and traditions of the peoples of Russia”, “Many peoples - one country”, “Day of National Unity”). Age groups: 9–12 years and 13–17 years.

“Orthodox Icon” - for students of icon painting schools and workshops aged 13–17 years.

“Porcelain painting” - sketches of plates on the theme of folk traditions,…

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Stephen King
Our parish school kids might enjoy the “My small Homeland” theme this year — last time a couple of them drew our old wooden church on the Yenisei and actually placed in the regional round. Good that they kept the icon-painting nomination too; our 15-year-old Masha has been working on one since autumn.
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Our teenagers can work on the theme "My Little Homeland" because last year two girls painted our old wooden church and went to the regional stage. It's good that they left the "Orthodox icon" nomination this time, Masha has just turned 15 and is obsessed with iconography. Let's see what they bring this time.
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It's a good idea, Salome, on "My Small Homeland" our children also often draw small churches near Kutaisi. That Masha turned 15 and is obsessed with iconography is great — my son's classmate did something similar last year and it worked out pretty well. What do you think, will they do something traditional on porcelain?
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