Smolenskaya Gazeta – A memorial service was held at the grave of the writer Vasily Vonlyarlyarsky in the village of Rai

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Church and society

On April 23, on the eve of the 210th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer Vasily Vonlyarlyarsky, a memorial service was held at his grave in the village of Rai, Smolensk region. This was reported on the official website of the Smolensk Metropolitanate.

The requiem was performed by the rector of the revived church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the St. Panteleimon Church of the village of Paradise, assistant to the Administrator of the Smolensk diocese, Priest Lev Garin.

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The chief specialist of the Administration of the Prigorsky rural settlement of the Smolensk region Nadezhda Visloguzova, the expert advisor of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Smolensk region, the honored cultural worker, deputy chairman of the Smolensk regional local history society Nadezhda Deverilina, the honored artist of Russia – the author of the tombstone V.A. Vonlyarlyarsky, established in 2014, Lyudmila Elchaninova, editor-in-chief of the Smolensk Spring radio channel Olga Bazyleva, assistant to the Diocesan Bishop for relations between the Church and society and the media Maria Zhukova, director of the Magenta Publishing House Elena Minina, parishioners of St. Panteleimon Church.

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At the end of the funeral service, the participants of the service visited the Kazan Church, which is being restored. Priest Lev spoke about the architectural features, history of creation and the progress of work on the revival of the temple.