Orthodox youth of the Kemerovo diocese made a spiritual journey through the Altai Mountainstranslated

August 17, 2026 · 1 min read

From August 6 to 17, with the blessing of Metropolitan Aristarkh of Kemerovo and Prokopyevsk, a missionary pilgrimage journey of the Orthodox youth of Kuzbass to the Gorno-Altai and Chemal diocese took place. The group was led by the head of the Department for Youth Affairs of the Kemerovo Diocese, priest Mikhail Pyshinsky. The trip was aimed at strengthening spiritual ties and studying the history of the Christian mission in the region. The program was intense: in the village of Kurai [...]

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Νίκος Αναγνώστου

They did well to go to Gorny Altai. Father Mikhail Pisinski knows how to organize such trips, I remember him from long ago. Kurai is a place with history, I would like to know exactly what they saw there for the mission.

Олег Фёдоров

It’s good that young people from Kuzbass went to Kurai; there really are traces of old missionaries there. Father Mikhail Pyshinsky always organizes such trips intelligently; I remember he organized similar things here in Novosibirsk. I wonder what exactly they looked at about the history of Christianity there, especially after August 17, when they returned?

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