Round Table "Let's Restore Native Shrines Together"

The round table was attended by the Minister for State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Kursk Region Irina Alexandrovna Musyal, Archpriest of the Kursk Diocese, Hieromonk Athanasius (Zimin), abbot of the Kursk Root Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Men's Hermitage, Hegumen Seraphim (Kotelnikov), General Director of the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization of Additional Professional Education "National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage" V.V. Tarnovskiy, Director of the Volunteering Resource Center of the Kursk Region, Deputy of the Kursk Regional Duma 7 Convocation, Member of the Chamber of Young Legislators at the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. E.G. Golovanova, Regional Head of the All-Russian Public Movement "Volunteers of Culture" E.A. Nelepina, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Regional Branch of the "Movement of the First" Kurskaya I.I.. Kolysheva, Secretary of the Historical and Archival Department of the Kursk Diocese N.N.. Afanasyev, Advisor to the Director for Education and Interaction with Children's Public Associations of the Boarding School No. 4. Kurska V.A. Zhikulina & Specialists, responsible for the protection of cultural heritage sites.

Hieromonk Athanasius (Zimin) In his greeting, he noted the importance of the round table in the preservation of ruined temples, that connect us with past generations like a living thread. По благословению митрополита Германа в Курской епархии каждый руинированный храм закреплен за приходом, by which divine services are held once a year or more often in the immediate vicinity of each monument.

With the blessing of Metropolitan German of Kursk and Rylsk, Hieromonk Athanasius (Zimin) presented episcopal diplomas and letters of thanks "in consideration of cooperation with the Kursk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church for the restoration and preservation of churches – objects of cultural heritage of the Kursk region" to the Minister for State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Kursk Region I.A.. Musial, General Director of the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization of Additional Professional Education "National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage" V.V. Tarnovsky, as well as specialists, who worked at the cultural heritage sites of the Kursk diocese.

The Minister for State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Kursk Region, Irina Alexandrovna Musyal, noted in her speech, that historical and cultural monuments are the foundation, which helps to understand and appreciate the past and shape our present and future. This is our heritage and history, that can't be rewritten.

At the round table meeting, three reports of representatives of volunteer organizations of the Kursk region were heard. The speech of V.A. aroused great interest. Zhikulina on the topic "Activities of the volunteer detachment "Keepers of Memory" as one of the measures to preserve historical memory among the younger generation", in which she spoke about the volunteer activities of students of boarding school No. 4 at the Nikitskoye Cemetery in Kursk.

At the end of the round table, the participants asked questions to the speakers, discussed the topics raised during the speeches and exchanged views.

Source: website of the Kursk diocese