Vyatka clergy attracts youth to the Church with free Wi-Fi

May 22, 2013 it became known that in two churches of Kirov and in the territory adjacent to them, a free Internet access zone has been established. Clergy of the Forerunner temple, commenting on the situation, says that the purpose of this program can be considered attracting youth.

"People, who came here felt that this was one of the places where they could not only pray, but this is an area where they can sit on a bench and chat among themselves,” says a local priest.

"Due to the limited the working day of libraries and the lack of computers in the institutes, we are forced go to church to use the free Wi-Fi. Bit I'd like to note that we did not just start using the Internet, we, in principle, I liked going to church,” student-consumers answer journalists’ questions church innovation.

Sources

• Tomashevich E. Ministers of the Orthodox Church in Kirov installed a wireless Internet access point right in the church to attract young parishioners to services // Life News. 2013. May 22.