The Sretensky Readings in the Vitebsk Diocese will be held under the sign of Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk

February 10, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The VIII Sretensky Pedagogical Readings in the Vitebsk Diocese will be held under the sign of the 100th anniversary of the transfer of the relics of the venerable Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk, a representative of the Vitebsk Diocese, Archpriest Andrei (Smolsky), told a BELTA correspondent. The main theme of the reports will be the problem of spiritual, moral and patriotic education of youth. As the archpriest noted, in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Education and the Belarusian Orthodox Church, the innovative project "Spiritual and Moral Education and Upbringing on the Example of the Orthodox Traditions of the Belarusian People" is being implemented in the republic. In the Vitebsk region, secondary school No. 10 has become an experimental platform for this project. Innovative teachers will share their experience and talk about the continuity of spiritual and moral education of preschoolers and schoolchildren. Another report will be devoted to the life, works and legacy of Euphrosyne of Polotsk, whose righteous service can become a worthy example for the younger generation. For the first time, the Vitebsk Regional Institute for the Development of Education will present 20 best methodological developments of Vitebsk teachers at the readings, united by the theme of spiritual, moral and patriotic education and upbringing on the examples of Orthodox traditions. The readings will be held in Vitebsk on February 11. It is expected that about 200 people will take part in them. In 1910, the relics of Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk were transferred from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra to the Polotsk Holy Transfiguration Monastery. -0-