The Ural capital will host the VIII Eurasian Forum of Cossack Youth “Cossack Unity”translated

From November 14 to 17, 2026, Cossack youth from different parts of Russia will gather in Yekaterinburg for the VIII Eurasian Forum of Cossack Youth “Cossack Unity”. The program includes acquaintance and communication, exchange of experience in volunteering, military sports and social work, cultural events and pilgrimage trips.

On Sunday, November 15, 2026, in the Church on the Blood, the main Cossack church of the OVKO, the program will begin at 09:00 with the participation of young Cossacks in the Sunday Divine Liturgy, which will be led by Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Evgeniy. He will be concelebrated by the senior priest of the church, confessor of the OVKO, Archpriest Maxim Minyailo, as well as guests of the diocese - the executive secretary of the Synodal Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church for interaction with the Cossacks, Priest Timofey Chaikin, and the head of the press service of the Synodal Committee for interaction with the Cossacks, Priest Tikhon Lazutkin.

The ataman of the Orenburg Military Cossack Society, Igor Anatolyevich Tsyganov, will also take part in the forum.

In the program on November 15:

9:00 – Divine Liturgy;

11:50 — Press approach in the foyer of the assembly hall of the Church on the Blood;

12:00 — Grand opening of the forum.

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