The ‘Nativity of Christ’ exhibition fair to take place in Minsk
17.12.2007 · Архив 2005-2009, Новости с мест
The 5th ‘Nativity of Christ’ exhibition fair will take place in Minsk from 28 December 2007 to 5 January 2008, the Byelorussian Exarchate reports.
The exhibition fair is aimed at helping to revive the Orthodox culture in Russia, and assist spiritual and moral education of people, restore churches and monasteries, revive church handicraft and to broaden social and economic activities of the Byelorussian Orthodox Church. The programme includes lectures, meetings with clergymen, presentations, seminars, video-films, master classes in the applied arts, table layout, performances of church choirs and bell-ringers, Sunday schools and children” groups; art and photo exhibitions, and m any other events.
The ‘Nativity of Christ’ exhibition fair is sponsored by the ‘Expoforum’ society, the Byelorussian Orthodox Church and the ‘Exposervice’ society.
According to ‘Expoforum’, taking part in the exhibition fair will be monasteries, parishes, brotherhoods and sisterhoods of the Russian Orthodox Church, theological educational institutions, publishing houses, church workshops and production centres, artists and craftsmen.