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<\/p>\n\n\tAn Orthodox youth festival marking the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory will take place at Stalin Line on 18\u201319 July.<\/p>\n
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\n\tThis year is particularly significant for us. We are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the great Victory of a united people, and we regard the very opportunity to live in peace and freedom as an extraordinary blessing from God. Therefore, with the blessing of His Eminence Pavel, Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavl, this year\u2019s Minsk Diocese Youth Festival will focus primarily on the theme of Victory and will be held at the Stalin Line Historical and Cultural Complex. The festival will begin on 18 July, the feast day of St Sergius of Radonezh, the spiritual inspiration behind the liberation from the Mongol yoke. His life is highly significant: through his prayers and blessing, internecine conflict in Rus\u2019 came to an end and genuine national unity emerged, becoming the essential condition for victory at the Battle of Kulikovo. We witnessed that same remarkable unity in the heroic deeds of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, who stood shoulder to shoulder in defence of our common Motherland and did not falter in the face of the threat of a new and terrible fascist yoke.<\/p>\n
\n\tFaced with the new threats posed by our own age, that same unity is now required of us. To prove worthy of the spiritual legacy passed down to us through the centuries from St Sergius, carefully preserved and enriched by our ancestors, and brought fully to the fore in times of the harshest trials, is both the task and the daily work of today\u2019s young people. The festival aims to remind them of this and to unite Orthodox youth.<\/p>\n
\n\tThere will be many firsts this year. Regular festival-goers will remember performances by stars of the Belarusian pop scene and concerts by Komba BAKH. This year, a competition programme will be added, with Orthodox brotherhoods and youth groups preparing five-minute performances in a genre of their choice. For the first time, the Belarusian Republican Youth Union (BRSM) and secular educational institutions have also been invited to take part. At the initiative of one of these institutions, the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture, funds are being raised for a \u201cVictory Bell\u201d, which will be installed and consecrated during the festival. This year, all participants will stay at a campsite, while the Divine Liturgy and the traditional youth agape meal will be held within the grounds of Stalin Line on the night of 19 July. There will be guided tours and opportunities to ask questions of youth leaders at every level. His Grace Antony, Bishop of Slutsk and Soligorsk, who is always open to dialogue and holds young people in high regard, is expected to attend. As is customary, the brotherhoods will also present themselves and their work through stands and presentations.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor enquiries, please call: (8029) 6700708<\/p>\n
\n\tProvisional Programme for the Minsk Diocese Youth Festival, 18\u201319 July 20015, Marking the 70th Anniversary of Victory<\/p>\n
\n\tZaslavl \u2014 Stalin Line Historical and Cultural Complex<\/p>\n
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\n\tSaturday, 18 July<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\t09:00 Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration in Zaslavl. Feast day of St Sergius of Radonezh. Breakfast for participants.<\/p>\n \n\t11:30 \u2014 Procession of the Cross begins: Zaslavl\u2013Petrishki\u2013Stalin Line (10 km)<\/p>\n \n\t14:00 Arrival at the campsite and lunch for participants in the Procession of the Cross.<\/p>\n \n\t15:00 \u2014 Consecration of the Victory Bell (a gift from the students and teaching staff of the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture) and the Chapel of St Alexander Nevsky (subject to completion)<\/p>\n \n\t16:00 \u2014 Festival competition programme begins, featuring performances by the brotherhoods and youth groups<\/p>\n \n\t18:00 \u2014 Dinner for registered participants<\/p>\n \n\t19:00 \u2014 Preparations for the Divine Liturgy.<\/p>\n \n\tSunday, 19 July<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\t00:00 \u2014 Divine Liturgy begins. Festive meal for participants.<\/p>\n \n\t10:00 \u2014 Breakfast for registered participants.<\/p>\n \n\t11:00 \u2014 Competition programme continues<\/p>\n \n\t13:00 \u2014 Lunch<\/p>\n \n\t14:00 \u2014 Guided tours and presentations by the brotherhoods<\/p>\n \n\t17:00 \u2014 Gala concert featuring festival participants and presentation of awards to the winners<\/p>\n \n\t20:00 \u2014 Departure<\/p>\n \n\t <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 18-19 \u0438\u044e\u043b\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u041b\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u0421\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u0444\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0435\u0436\u0438 \u0432 \u043e\u0437\u043d\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 70-\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438\u044f \u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u041f\u043e\u0431\u0435\u0434\u044b. \u042d\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0433\u043e\u0434 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u043c\u044b\u0439 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043d\u0430\u0441. \u041c\u044b \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0443\u0435\u043c 70-\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0435 \u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u041f\u043e\u0431\u0435\u0434\u044b…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n