Meetings with medical students in Ruzatranslated

On October 29, Archpriest Igor Shumilov, rector of the Church of the Resurrection of the Slovushchey village of Vasilyevskoye, Ruza district, held two meetings with first-year students of the Ruza branch of the Moscow Regional Medical College. The conversations took place with two study groups and were devoted to the biblical attitude towards doctors and honoring the medical ministry in Christianity.

Father Igor spoke about holy doctors and their ministry from ancient times to the present, about the impact of illness on a person’s mental life and the moral responsibility of medical workers. Particular attention was paid to compassion and care for people in need of relief from suffering.

Most of the meetings were spent answering students' questions. Participants were interested in both the rules of participation in church sacraments and the relationship between religion and science. A lively discussion was sparked by historical examples of the intervention of church representatives in scientific activities. Discussion of these events and examples of believing scientists made it possible to talk about why individual historical conflicts do not mean an inevitable contradiction between faith and scientific knowledge.

The meetings continued the cooperation of the Ruza Deanery with the Medical College. An open conversation gave...