At the Sharypovsky Family Center, the priest held a conversation about family valuestranslated

Last week, the Sharypovsky Family Center hosted a thematic lecture-conversation “The Protection of the Virgin Mary: the psychology of protection and traditions of family warmth.” The meeting was attended by the center’s staff, the family’s wards and members of the “The World Around Us” club.

The conversation was conducted by the assistant to the dean of the Sharypovo church district, the full-time cleric of the Cathedral in the name of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity of the city of Sharypovo, Priest Vasily Popovsky. The meeting took place after the Feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos and became an occasion to once again turn to its spiritual meaning. Those gathered discussed how the image of the Intercession is associated with the concepts of protection, care and consolation, and also talked about the meaning of these values ​​in everyday family life.

Particular attention was paid to mutual support, trust, spiritual closeness and responsibility for relatives. The participants noted that it is love, the willingness to help and to be there in difficult times that creates an atmosphere of warmth and security in the family.

The practical part of the meeting included an interactive “Heat Map” activity: children were asked to draw a map of the rooms in their house and indicate what usually happens in different spaces. This helped to pay attention to the emotional atmosphere...