The website of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese publishes an article by Elena Sagieva, editor-in-chief of the United Edition of the Diocesan Media, "What and who is behind the false publications about the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Seraphim Sarovsky." The author critically assesses specific publications in the media dedicated to the celebrations and tries to analyze the reasons why journalists often provide biased information about the events of church life. E.

The Orthodox Church in the name of Simeon the Righteous in the village of Obukhovo, Kamyshlovskiy District, Sverdlovsk Region, has been returned to believers. The church, built in 1912, was closed in 1938, and the building housed a music school for a long time. During the last few years, services have been held in the basement of the church. Now the authorities have decided to hand over the building to the Church again.

A roundtable was held in Saratov to discuss a report on Russia's development strategy, prepared by a group of specialists from the National Strategy Council led by Stanislav Belkovsky, Islam.Ru reports . It is expected that this report will be presented to President Putin in the near future.

The clergy of the Saransk diocese declare that the hurricane that hit the Bolshe-Ignatovsky district of Mordovia in July is a sign of God, a sign of the Lord's displeasure with the holding of the eve near the village. Chukals of the Erzya pagan holiday Rasken ozks (folk prayer), which gathered about three thousand people.

The ship-temple "Andrew the First-Called", outfitted by the Novosibirsk diocese with the financial and organizational support of the regional administration, set off on a charitable voyage along the Ob. The campaign is being held for the eighth time. In addition to priests, the team of the ship-temple includes doctors and social workers. For two weeks, the floating temple will visit about forty remote villages and villages of the Novosibirsk region.

From August 11 to 15, the All-Russian Congress of Young Catholics was held in Irkutsk. Representative of the Vatican in Russia Antonio Mennini, Archbishop of the Moscow Catholic Diocese Tadeusz Kodrusevich, Bishop of the Saratov Diocese Clemens Pickel and others took part in the event as guests of honor. This is the third such congress in Russia. Previously, young Russian Catholics gathered in Saratov and Chelyabinsk.

According to Sedmitsa.ru (with reference to Blagovest-info), Bishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas Georgy (Danilov) took third place in the list of "One Hundred Most Influential People of Nizhny Novgorod and the Region", as well as in the "General Rating of Influence" compiled by the Nizhny Novgorod Telegraph agency.