A training class at the St. Alexis Hospital in Moscow has been opened in the city of Ivanovo for training in caring for seriously ill patientstranslated

On September 17, the Hospital of St. Alexis, together with the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese, opened a classroom. In it, sisters of mercy and volunteers will undergo professional training in caring for seriously ill and injured patients. After preparation, they are expected in hospitals and clinics in Ivanovo and the Ivanovo region. The class is located on the basis of the spiritual and educational center of the Church of the Holy Prophet Elijah.

The consecration of the new classroom was performed by the secretary of the Diocesan Administration of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Diocese, Priest Georgy Vityazev, and the head of the social department of the diocese, Archpriest Viktor Makarenkov. The event was attended by the head of the city of Ivanovo Maxim Komissarov, the chief physician of the Shuya Central District Hospital Ekaterina Kuzmina, the head of the St. Luke branch of the St. Alexy Hospital in Pereslavl-Zalessky Yulia Tolstaya and the deputy head of the Training Center of the St. Alexy Hospital for regional development Tatyana Rein.

“Everyone was waiting for this event. The opening of a classroom at St. Alexis Hospital makes it possible to revive the traditions of serving the sisters of mercy in the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese, which have been lost in our country since the revolution. We want...