On Saturday in the memorial estate "Kolomenskoe" will pass a cultural and sports holiday "Orthodoxy and sports"
On Saturday September 14 in the Moscow memorial estate "Kolomna" will pass a cultural and sports holiday "Orthodoxy and sports", "Interfax" reports. It is dated for celebration of the 1025 anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus' and Sergy Radonezhskogo's 700 anniversary. Holiday motto: "From the temple to the temple! With all the heart to soul! ".
"We want to unite orthodox people and to show to each person that Orthodoxy is a belief of strong and clever people who love the country, the families and bring up the children with preservation of traditional moral values", - speak organizers of action.
In the holiday program - jog from the temple of Alexander Nevsky in Kozhukhovo to the Ascension temple in Kolomenskyy, a public prayer and religious procession, pulling of ropes, a lapta, "national Russian rugby", etc. Participants and guests of competitions will be addressed also by masters of sambo, boxing, karate, judo and other types of martial arts.
"The purpose of such actions is a maintenance of the Russian traditions and training of spirit of new generations, - Alexey Yeliseyev, the frequenter of similar holidays told to the correspondent of Metro, - To them come both families, and the companies, and on the single, and people of the most different age. Professional athletes will participate in jog, by the way," also.
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