On the eve of National Unity Day, a lecture on patriotism was held for schoolchildren in Ust-Bolsheretsktranslated

On October 21, 2026, at the invitation of the acting head of the education department, Svetlana Nikolaevna Konkova, the head of the missionary department of the Petropavlovsk and Kamchatka diocese, priest Sergius Cheremisin, visited the Ust-Bolsheretsk Secondary School No. 2.

The priest was met and escorted to the classroom by the deputy director for educational work, Zhidkova Valeria Konstantinovna.

Pupils of the 9th, 10th and 11th grades of the school were already waiting for Father Sergius in the auditorium.

The topic that the priest proposed to the students was especially relevant on the eve of National Unity Day: “One warrior in the field: the feat of Metropolitan Nestor (Anisimov) - a lesson in patriotism and unity for the modern generation.”

The format of the meeting turned out to be lively and interesting. Together with Father Sergius, the students recalled the history of the National Unity Day holiday, and the priest spoke about the church holiday of this day and the significance of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God for our people in those troubled years when the people's militia of Prince Pozharsky and the Zemstvo elder Minin miraculously liberated Moscow from Polish invaders.

Then Father Sergius presented to the students the story of the life and missionary service in Kamchatka of Metropolitan Nestor...