VITEBSK, 4 June (BelTA) – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill blessed the forthcoming festivities in Polotsk timed to the 100th anniversary of translation of the relics of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk, First Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Novatsky told reporters at the Vitebsk airport, BelTA has learnt.
According to Vladimir Novatsky, the Patriarch said that he is happy to come to Belarus and meet with believers and residents of Belarus. Despite the...
VITEBSK, 4 June (BelTA) – The plane of Patriarch Kirill has safely landed in Vitebsk on 4 June, BelTA has learnt.
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill came to Vitebsk from Karelia, after that he will travel to the Smolensk Oblast by car.
At the Vitebsk airport the Patriarch was welcomed by Smolensk Oblast Governor, representatives of Vitebsk and Orsha Eparchy and the local authorities of the Vitebsk Oblast. The Patriarch had a rest, after that he left for Katyn together with the...
VITEBSK, 2 June (BelTA) – The practices of re-swamping of degraded bogs will be high on the agenda of an international workshop in the Dubrovno Region, Vitebsk Oblast on 4 June, ahead of the World Environment Day, which is marked on 5 June. The workshop, Re-swamping – an efficient tool to rehabilitate wetland ecosystems, restore flora and fauna species and to prevent peat fires, BelTA learnt from Aleksei Chistodarsky, an information officer of the UNDP/GEF projects .
The workshop has...
