A webinar "Russian Orthodox Church during the Great Patriotic War" was held at the Stavropol State Agrarian University

For students of the Stavropol State Agrarian University, a webinar on history, on the role of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Great Patriotic War was held. The webinar was held in the format of a video conference at the initiative of the staff of the Department of Philosophy and History.

The speakers at the webinar were:

Priest Anthony Skrynnikov, head of the diocesan department for youth affairs, teacher of the Stavropol Theological Seminary

Olga Nikolaevna Shmatko, Head of the University History Museum

“During the Great Patriotic War, the Russian Orthodox Church, despite the many years of pre-war repressions and suspicious attitude towards herself from the state, helped her people in word and deed, making a significant contribution to the common cause of victory over the formidable enemy. By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet government closed most of the country's churches and tried to eradicate Christianity, but in the souls of the Russian people, the Orthodox faith flickered and was supported by secret prayers and appeals to God. This is evidenced by the decayed finds that search engines meet in our time. As a rule, the standard set of things of a Russian soldier is a party card, a Komsomol badge, an icon of the Mother of God hidden in a secret pocket, and a pectoral cross worn on the same chain with a name capsule. Rising to the attack, along with the inviting cry “For the homeland! For Stalin!" the soldiers whispered "With God" and were already openly baptized. At the front, cases were passed on from mouth to mouth when people managed to survive only with God's miraculous help. A well-known aphorism, tested and confirmed over the years, was confirmed in this war: “There are no atheists in war,” Priest Anthony Skrynnikov said at the lecture.

After the lecture, the students had a long talk with Father Anthony. The students were interested not only in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church during the war years, but also in other issues. 

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