{"id":141981,"date":"2025-06-09T19:13:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141981\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russian-orthodox-church-to-open-temple-for-children-in-northern-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141981\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Orthodox Church to open temple for children in northern Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 9, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Russian Orthodox Church is planning to open a children\u2019s parish in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, Bishop Ihnacij of Po\u0142ack and H\u0142ybokaje told members of the Council of the Republic who traveled to Po\u0142ack for an away session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will transform Kindergarten No. 6 into a spiritual center with a temple in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the patron of students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis center of spiritual development will offer music classes, a Sunday school for youth fellowship gatherings and an assembly hall with a cinema hall,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Council of the Republic Chair Natalla Ka\u010danava welcomed the initiative, noting that it will \u201chelp us introduce the younger generation to traditional Orthodox values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sergius of Radonezh is one of the most venerated Russian Orthodox saints, also accepted by the Roman Catholic Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More like this: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/longreads\/141918\/\">Russian Orthodox leader reaffirms Belarus as part of \u201cAll-Russia\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 9, Pozirk. The Russian Orthodox Church is planning to open a children\u2019s parish in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, Bishop Ihnacij of Po\u0142ack and H\u0142ybokaje told members of the Council of the Republic who traveled to Po\u0142ack for an away session. \u201cWe will transform Kindergarten No. 6 into a spiritual center with a temple in honor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":141973,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-141981","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russian Orthodox Church to open temple for children in northern Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 9, Pozirk. 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