Projects

Our projects

 Our projects scheduled for 2003-2004:

1. October – December 2003: “Hodigitria” - an Orthodox missionary outreach to Moscow students.

2. January 2004: Seminar “Public Associations Contributing to the Education of Children and Youth in the Orthodox Tradition” and Concert to be held within the framework of XII International Educational Christmas Readings.

2 - 9 February: “Greeting Scholia” Educational Winter Camp for Youth to be held within the framework of XII International Educational Christmas Readings in Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region. The basic issue for discussion in the Camp is how to implement socially important youth projects.

4. 2 - 9 February: Work and Leisure Camp in Protvino

5. 18 April: “Red Easter” concert within the framework of III Moscow Easter Festival.

6. 1 - 6 May: “Easter Scholia” Educational Spring Camp for Youth (Diveyevo, Nizhny Novgorod Region).

7. 27 July - 3 August: International Days of Youth in Valdai.

8. 5 - 21 August: Third International Youth Conference “MANGUP-2003” in Crimea.

9. 9 - 28 August: Youth pilgrimage to France.

10. 9 August - 11 September: “Siberian Bridge” pilgrimage to Alaska

 

CHILDREN AND FAMILY PROJECTS

 

1. 2 – 8 November: “Martial Outpost” Orthodox Camp (Borovsk, Kaluga Region)

2. 3 - 9 January: “Christmas Tale” Orthodox Camp in Tula

3. 25 - 30 March: Orthodox Camp in Nizhny Novgorod. Trip to St. Seraphim Convent in Diveyevo.

4. 30 May - 13 June: Season 1 in “Town of St. George” Orthodox Camp on Cape Fiolent (Crimea).

5. 13 – 27 June: Season 2 in “Town of St. George” Orthodox Camp on Cape Fiolent (Crimea).

6. 1 - 21 July: “Star Land” Orthodox Camp in Tula Region.

7. 24 July – 7 August: Season 1 in the “Land of Childhood” Orthodox Camp in Nizhny Novgorod. Pilgrimage to St. Seraphim Convent in Diveyevo.

8. 8 - 22 August: Season 2 in the “Land of Childhood” Orthodox Camp in Nizhny Novgorod. Pilgrimage to St. Seraphim Convent in Diveyevo.

9. 4 - 9 November: Orthodox Camp near St Paphnutius Monastery in Borovsk, Kaluga Region.

 

The following departments are to start operating in the Common Cause shortly:

 

“Holidays” Orthodox Leisure Center for Schoolchildren and Students.

Pilgrimage Service.

“Blessed Xenia Asylum” Service of Assistance to Students of Orthodox Educational Institutions.

Every month we have weekend trips.

 

Implemented projects

1. The International Days of Youth in Diveevo (July, 26 – August, 4 2003) in honour of the celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the canonisation of St. Seraphim of Sarov.

2. The Way of the Gaelic Church - a pilgrimage to the South of France. 8-28 August

3. Educational camp for youth in Protvino (a town near Moscow) “Easter scholia”

4. Educational camps for youth in Protvino: “Greeting scholia” and “Scholia in Sochi”.

5. An Orthodox Missionary Outreach to Moscow students - “HODIGITRIA”

6. The First International Youth Conference “MANGUP”.

7. The International Youth Pilgrimage “The Way of the Celtic Fathers”.

8. Interregional orthodox family summer camp “The Town of St. George”.

9. Russian-British project “ENCOUNTER 2002”.