The government of Mari El will help restore sacred groves

On October 1, during a meeting of the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of Mari El, Deputy Head of the Government of the Republic Mikhail Vasyutin announced that the Mari El government would contribute to the restoration of sacred groves. The government intends to assist in the purchase of planting material, equipment of access roads and places for prayers of adherents of the Mari traditional religion. The issuance of passports for sacred groves, which are historical and landscape monuments, has begun, for their subsequent transfer to the use of communities of believers.

of a resident of the republic, who illegally cut down trees in a sacred grove , was sent to court Recall that the day before, the case .

Sources

• The government of Mari El undertakes to restore the sacred groves // MariMedia. 2008. October 1st.