Krasnoyarsk diocese set up a regional centre against drug addiction

Archbishop Antoniy of Krasnoyarsk and Yeniseisk decreed to set up a Diocesan department for drug addiction prevention and rehabilitation of the drug addicts. It will be located in the Church of St.John the Baptist in Krasnoyarsk and headed by a church worker Yuri Tsybin who has worked with the drug addicts as psychoanalyst for eight years. State Drugs Control has supported initiatives of the Orthodox Church in this field.

The ruling bishop recommended all church rectors to render active assistance in setting up centres against drug addiction, alcoholism and smoking in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, the Siberian News Agency reports.