An exhibition-fair of spiritual and educational literature has opened in Vitebsk

April 25, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The "Joy of the Word" exhibition-fair of spiritual and educational literature has opened in Vitebsk. The event is held within the framework of the republican spiritual and educational program "Family - Unity - Fatherland," the program's organizing committee informed a BELTA correspondent. The exhibition, organized on the lower platform near the Holy Assumption Cathedral at 11 Tolstoy Street, features a variety of literature, audio and video products from the publishing house of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, as well as church utensils. The exhibition is open until April 29. The "Family - Unity - Fatherland" program in Vitebsk also includes other events. Thus, on April 25, the Chamber Spiritual Theater of the MBF "Family - Unity - Fatherland" gave a performance on the meaning of life and the problem of suicide at Secondary School No. 10 of the regional center. A play "The Point of No Return," dedicated to the prevention of drug addiction, was shown at correctional colony No. 1. A scientific and practical seminar "The Role of Medicine and Healthcare Workers in Solving the Demographic Problem" brought together healthcare professionals at Polyclinic No. 1. In the coming days, a meeting of employees of the Publishing House of the BPC with pupils of the Velikolechanskoye orphanage (Vitebsk region) is planned, with the donation of spiritual children's and youth literature to them. Spiritual and educational lectures will be held in Vitebsk schools on the prevention of drunkenness, alcoholism, drug addiction, and other dependencies. A school of mercy sisters will be conducted, as well as a scientific and practical seminar "Demographic Well-being: Challenges and Threats, Ways to Achieve It, and Spiritual and Moral Projects" with a presentation of an exhibition. The latter will feature 17 roll-up stands encouraging reflection on the topics of abortion and premarital relations. One of the most significant events of the week will be the Procession of the Cross around the Holy Assumption Cathedral, which will take place on April 29. On the same day, the solemn closing of the "Family - Unity - Fatherland" program and the "Joy of the Word" exhibition-fair will be held in Vitebsk. During the closing ceremony, a facsimile edition of the Slutsk Gospel will be presented as a gift to the city residents, and the male vocal ensemble "Blagovest," which became a two-time winner of the 52nd International Festival of Sacred Music in Loreto, Italy, in April of this year, will perform a concert. -0-