ORTHODOX HOUSE
⛪ All churches
Sign in
☾
☦ Today Tuesday, September 29 / September 16 (old style) 🍽 Fast-free day Gregorian calendar ⇄
Ven. Cyriacos, Hermit of Palestine · Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza
← News feed Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)

Metropolitan Nikita visited the children's military-spiritual academy named after Dmitry Donskoytranslated

September 28, 2026 · 1 min read

On September 28, Metropolitan Nikita of Krasnoyarsk and Achinsk visited the children's military-spiritual academy named after the Holy Blessed Prince Dmitry Donskoy, created on the basis of the Spektr additional education center in Krasnoyarsk.

Bishop Nikita inspected the academy buildings, the premises for students and the administrative part, after which he performed the ceremony of consecrating the patriotic banner of the academy.

Education at the academy lasts four years and will be free. Classes will take place five days a week in the afternoon. The program includes combat and fire training, studying the military history of Russia and military regulations, wrestling and chess, educational robotics, assembling and controlling UAVs, as well as studying the lives of saints and spiritual and moral principles. Particular attention will be paid to character education - responsibility, camaraderie, respect for elders, family and homeland.

The head of the Krasnoyarsk Metropolis presented memorial signs “165 years of the formation of the Krasnoyarsk (Yenisei) Diocese” to the director of the Spektr center for additional education, Alexey Khramtsov, the head of the educational institution, Maxim Bogdankevich, and the rector of the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, confessor and teacher...

Source: Красноярская епархия  ·  Read the full story →
⚑ Report
💬 Comments (1) 🌐 Show original
L
Larisa Stoica
They included the study of the lives of the saints and spiritual themes, not just military training. I wonder how they will manage to integrate robotics and drones with character formation and respect for family, as it states there. Nevertheless, it is a serious project, free of charge, lasting four years – let's see how it turns out.
Sign in to join the conversation →
More stories
The Diocese of Thira awarded the young students of Ios
Church of Greece · September 29, 2026
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem does not accept interventions in the Monastery of Agios Gerasimos
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem · September 29, 2026
"As I met him": Discussion about the blessed Metropolitan Sisani Pavlos in "PARISH in action"
Church of Greece · September 29, 2026
In 1821, Erdogan and the answer of history
Church of Greece · September 29, 2026
🔑Sign in 📖Prayer Book 🕊Live Prayer 📨Submit news 👥Friends 💬Groups ⛪My parish 🕯Virtual church 🙏Prayers by agreement 🗓Calendar ☦Lives of the Saints ✏️Catechesis 📚Library ⚖Canons 📜Holy Scripture 🧭Map of Orthodoxy ✅Test yourself 🔔Notifications ➕My subscriptions 🛍Store 💬Support