Participants of the Fifth Interregional Pimenov Readings called for budgetary funding for Orthodox schools
In mid-December, Saratov hosted the Fifth Interregional Pimenov Readings, which were attended by Bishop Longin of Saratov and Volsk, Alexander Babichev, Vice Governor of the region, Sergei Naumov, Rector of the Volga Academy of Public Administration, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, Deputy Head of the DECR MP, Archpriest Maxim Kozlov, Deputy Chairman of the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church, ecclesiastical and secular researchers.