A meeting of deans and chairmen of diocesan departments and commissions was held in Stary Oskoltranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol, a meeting of the diocesan council of the Belgorod Metropolis was held on October 1 in the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Stary Oskol. Deans, chairmen of diocesan departments and commissions, and members of the church court gathered under the chairmanship of Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol. The head of the administration of the Stary Oskol urban district, Mikhail Lobaznov, and the chairman of the Council of Deputies, Tatyana Karpacheva, took part in the work. Opening the meeting, the bishop thanked the oldest city of the diocese for its many years of support for church life. “I call Stary Oskol the cultural capital of our Holy Belogorye. The initiatives that exist here will be extended to all our districts in the future. It is very important when we have such an example. Since the 80s, Stary Oskol has been considered the most religious city in the Kursk and Belgorod diocese. If you count the number of churches by the number of inhabitants, then it was in first place.

And this is really so - thanks to the preservation of traditions,” said Metropolitan John. The head of the administration of the Starooskolsky district, Mikhail Lobaznov, in his speech spoke about the joint work of the authorities and the Church in...