The season of the children's Orthodox camp "Kupel" has ended in Yurgatranslated

July 10, 2026 · 1 min read

From July 1 to July 8, the season of the children's Orthodox camp “Kupel” was held on the territory of the Cathedral of the Nativity of John the Baptist in the city of Yurga. The organizer was the Department of Social Ministry and Charity of the Mariinsky Diocese. This year the camp was attended by 25 children aged 8 to 15 years: children from large and low-income families under the care of the Yurga Center for Social […]

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Daniela Popescu

Good thing they gathered 25 children from families with many needs and kept them for a whole week near the cathedral. I'm glad that the diocese does this every year, I think it caught them well and the air and the morning prayer. What activities did they enjoy the most this year?

Росица Стефанова

It's good that they gathered exactly 25 children from large and low-income families, and not just from everyone. A week by the cathedral with prayer in the morning must have given them more than we think. I'm wondering if they did icon workshops again like last year or if they changed something.

Ана Илиевска

It's good that they were collected by exactly 25 children from large and poor families, and not all of them in a row. Here in Skopje, we also often take such children on church vacations, so I know that the prayer in the morning and the fresh air remain in their memory. I wonder if they did workshops for icons again like last year?

Атанас Николов

It's good that they took exactly 25 children from large and low-income families, and not from all of them in a row. A week near the cathedral with morning prayer must have remained in their memory more than the games. I wonder if they did icon workshops again like last year.

Јасмина Стојановска

Yes, it's nice that the focus is on those children who need it the most. At our place in Tetovo last year we took them fishing along the Vardar and I remember how a boy from a large family talked about it all day. And about the icons - did you make them in Skopje with real colors or with simple materials?

Marius Florea

Good thing they took exactly 25 children from large and troubled families, not just anyone. A week near the cathedral with morning prayer and fresh air I think they remembered more than the games. Did they do icon painting workshops this year, like last year?

Simona Ciobanu

Good thing they gathered exactly 25 children from those families with many needs, not just anyone. A week near the cathedral with morning prayer and fresh air I think caught them better than anything. Last year in our parish we did icon painting workshops with simple gouache and the children talked about them for weeks.

Maria Zielińska

It's good that they chose exactly these 25 children from large and poor families, and not all of them one by one. In Białystok, we also sometimes organize such trips, and I remember how one boy out of six siblings talked the most about morning prayer at the church. I wonder if they did workshops with icons again this year.

Andreea Matei

Well said, Marius, 25 children selected from needy families really makes a difference. This year they resumed the icon painting workshop, my eldest daughter helped with it on Tuesday and she told me that they focused on Saint John the Baptist. Do you think we should extend it to two weeks next time?

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