At the request of the Metropolitan, the Omsk City Hall canceled the winter farewell holiday
March 22, 2013 it became known that the mayor's office of Omsk canceled the coordination of the holiday "Seeing off the winter", scheduled for March 24. According to the organizers of the holiday, the local community of Rodnovers, the decision The authorities were preceded by a letter from the Metropolitan of Omsk and Tara Vladimir. The author of the letter is dissatisfied with the conduct of such events during Lent. In his opinion, this could offend feelings of believers.