In Russia, an Orthodox SMS newsletter service appeared (video)

The Moscow Association of Orthodox Youth "Resurrection" launched the project of the Orthodox SMS-mailing "Good Word" .

“Every morning, subscribers of the new service receive SMS with excerpts from the Holy Scriptures or the compositions of the Holy Fathers,” Igumen Joasaf (Sorokin) told the Interfax -religion portal of Interfax -religion .

The organizers hope that, starting their day from several lines of scripture, many will love the reading and study of the Bible and other sacred texts for Orthodox believers.

The project is charity, that is, all residents of Russia will be able to receive short quotes daily for free on their mobile phone. For subscription, you need to send the SMS message "Good word" to number +7-916-815-95-63. (VIDEO)

The number of project subscribers has already exceeded a thousand and continues to grow. Currently, the project covers almost all regions of Russia: from the Sakhalin Region to Kaliningrad. Thanks to the Internet, people living in the most remote and abandoned corners of Russia participate in the project and express a desire to subscribe, and the initiators of the project are convinced that their undertaking will cause people living on the periphery and in the most remote corners of Russia, a sense of ownership of universal Orthodoxy, will help to overcome the isolation and isolation from the rest of the world.

The project uses a synodal translation of the Holy Scriptures, and the selection of quotes is conducted by an Orthodox priest.