Regional stage of the International Christmas Readings in Samaratranslated

October 1, 2026 at the Education Development Center of the city. Samara hosted a plenary session of the regional stage of the XXXV International Educational Christmas Readings "Christian Teaching about Man and the Challenges of Modern Technologies." The participants of the event were the head of the Department of Education of the city administration. Samara I.N. Kokovina, Head of the Samara Department of the Ministry of Education of the Samara Region T.A. Serebryakov, head teachers of educational work in schools in Samara and priest-curators of schools in the diocese. Metropolitan Feodosius of Samara and Novokuybyshevsk opened the meeting with a welcoming speech, and I.N. Kokovina addressed the meeting in response. After the greetings, a Cooperation Agreement was signed between the Samara Diocese and the Department of Education of the city. Samara and the most active teachers of disciplines of spiritual and moral content were awarded.

The head of OROiK, Priest Alexy Belyaev, spoke about the ethical challenges associated with the rapid development of artificial intelligence technologies, and the Church’s view of the pressing issues arising in connection with this. The report was prepared with the support of the Synodal Commission on Bioethics. Head of the Center...