Participants of the project "Pearl necklace of Holy Russia" visited Vitebsk

28 March 2019 visit of the participants of the international project "Pearl necklace of Holy Russia" in the city of Vitebsk.

The trip, headed by project Manager, head of Department of the Smolensk diocese for Church-state relations with society and the media, the rector of the parish of the Holy new Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church Archpriest Valery Ryabokon was attended by 13 students from all universities participating in the project, including a branch of national research UNIVERSITY "MPEI" in Smolensk. The student branch of K. Kramerov (PE-16) spoke at the meeting of Vitebsk and Smolensk students on the project website developed by a senior lecturer of the Department Y. A. by Fedorovym and assistant chair W A. S. Voytsitskoy.

Partners in the organization of the trip made by the diocese of Vitebsk, the General Directorate of ideological work, culture and youth Affairs Vitebsk regional Executive Committee, Vitebsk Orthodox Theological Seminary.

The project partners finalized the draft program of the visit of Vitebsk, prepared by the students of the Smolensk state medical University, organized a sightseeing tour around the city, visiting temples of Vitebsk diocese and Vitebsk Theological Seminary, and also a very unusual and fascinating tour to the Museum of the Vitebsk tramway. During a visit to the city the group was accompanied by the head of the Youth Department of the Vitebsk diocese, Archpriest Alexei Kovalev and chief specialist of the Department of youth Affairs, religions and nationalities Main Department of ideological work, culture and youth Affairs of the Vitebsk oblast Executive Committee S. N. The fadeenkov.

The participants visited more than 20 cultural and historical sites of the city of Vitebsk, including 6 Orthodox churches: Dormition Cathedral, the Church of the Annunciation, Svyato-Pokrovskiy Cathedral, the temple of the Holy blessed Matrona of Moscow, the Church of the Holy Martyr Barbara, the Holy spirit the Church.

During the trip, students worked on the creation of the tourist case, the city worked informed written descriptions of objects and made pictures of them, took part in the shooting of the presentation video of Vitebsk, mapped out a walking route through the city, which will be tested during the pilot tour of the cities "Pearl necklace".