Two festive exhibitions are open in the Diocese of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory

Two festive exhibitions were open in diocesan administration of the Diocese of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory on February 5, 2006.

One of them is dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the revival of the Diocese of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory and relates about its work. Bishop Tikhon said in his opening address that ‘our diocese as all other dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church strives to work for the welfare of people’.

The exhibition shows most interesting and significant aspects of diocesan life, its shrines and monasteries, construction of churches and social ministry, cooperation with secular authorities and building of the Cathedral of St. Michael, education and catechism, mass media and publishing work, art of bell ringing, church singing and iconography.

The second exhibition is devoted to the 5^th anniversary of establishing Russian Foundation of Architectural Heritage of St. Andrew Rublev. The photo exhibition presents most interesting objects that were reconstructed, restored or built in five years. Among them are churches, chapels, icon screens, and masterpieces of wooden architecture. Foundation’s president Vyacheslav Kiselev says they pay special attention to wooden architecture.

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