Metropolitan Pavel chaired the next meeting of the Commission of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church on Church Education and Diakonia 07/29/2026translated

On July 29, 2026, a regular meeting of the Commission of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church on Church Education and Diacony took place. The meeting was headed by the Chairman of the Commission, Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna. The meeting was attended by: Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk Clement, Metropolitan Sergius (Fomin), Metropolitan of Murmansk and Monchegorsk Mitrofan, Metropolitan of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh Isidor, Archpriest Mikhail Potokin, Archpriest Dimitry Karpenko, Archpriest Andrei Tkachev, Abbot John (Rubin), Priest Kirill Markovsky, Osipov Alexey Ilyich, Ekaterina Petrovna Orlova, consultant Tatyana Valerievna Zaltsman, Margarita Borisovna Nelyubova - secretary. Members of the Commission discussed the draft documents “Instruction of recipients in the Orthodox faith”, “Interaction between the Church and society in the field of medical activities”, “Increasing the level of knowledge of the Holy Scriptures among the laity. Methods and tools of work." Metropolitan Sergius (Fomin) reported on the activities of the expert group he heads on pastoral care for the mentally ill, in particular on the preparation of the VIII international conference “The Church's Care for the Mentally Ill.” Nelyubova M.B. spoke about the training...