On September 14, the acceptance of documents for the Patriarchal Literary Prize named after Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius beginstranslated

September 14 this year The Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Rus', begins accepting documents for the Patriarchal Literary Prize named after Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, established by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the initiative of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' (journal No. 115 of the meeting of the Holy Synod of December 25, 2009).

Unlike prizes that are awarded for a specific work, the Patriarchal Literary Prize is awarded for a cumulative contribution to Russian literature, as well as for strengthening in society Christian values, spiritual and moral norms preserved by the Orthodox Church.

His Holiness the Patriarch highly values ​​the literary work of authors with a Christian worldview and the influence of their works on the moral life of modern society, and considers it important and necessary to develop interaction between the Church and the writing community at the diocesan level.

The right to nominate candidates for the Patriarchal Literary Prize belongs to the heads of Local Churches, heads of self-governing Churches within the Moscow Patriarchate, diocesan...