– Head of the Distance Education and Further Training Section of the Synodal Department for the Church Charity and Social Service of the Russian Orthodox Church. He graduated from Russian Technological University(MIREA) as engineer-mathematician, as well as from the theological faculty of St. Tikhon Orthodox Humanitarian University (PSTU).
In collaboration with the editors of the sites of the St. Tikhon Orthodox Theological Institute, he is engaged in content managing and developing the portal “Pastyr” intended for priests, that was started with the blessing of His Holiness the Patriarch in 2016. Father Igor is also responsible for conducting pastoral seminars, which are held monthly under the chairmanship of Vladyka Panteleimon (Shatov) at the PSTU sites.
Germany, Krefeld, July 5-7, 2019
Traditions of Christian charity and new technologies in volunteer work
Last update: 21-6-2019
July 5, Friday
| 17.00 | Welcome and registration of the participants. Tea and cake. |
| 18.00 | The meeting of volunteers and parishioners with аrchbishop Panteleimon (Shatov), Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevо, Head of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Russian Orthodox Church. |
| 19.00 |
July 6, Saturday
| 8.30 | Moleben (service of supplication) before a good deed and to st. John of Shangai. |
| 9.00 | The openinig of the Volunteer Day. Greetings from archbishop Tikhon of Podolsk, governor of the Diocese of Berlin and Germany. Opening remarks by archpriest Ilya Limberger |
| 9.30 | On importance of volunteer work in Christian life, Abp. Panteleimon |
| 10.00 | , Report on activities and plans of Diakonia, Alina Titova, Russian Orthodox Diakonia «Good Deed», Germany |
| 10.30 | Presentations of the local Diakonia groups at the German parishes and the volunteer groups of other countries |
| 11.15 | Should the hidden become revealed, or Why do we need an organized volunteering. Deacon Igor Kulikov, head of the Distance Education and Further Training Section of the Synodal Department for the Church Charity and Social Service of the Russian Orthodox Church. |
| 11.45 | Coffee break and poster session. Group photo. |
| 12.15 | On the role of team in volunteer work, Alina Titova |
| 12.30 | Modern technologies of efficient communications in distributed project teams. Alexei Glamozda, head of regional office Eastern Europe, «Levereis», Germany |
| 13.00 | Coffee break |
| 13.15 | Trial by fundraisng: technologies in response to challenges Pascal Lépine, founder of Atypic, Canada, consulting for non-commertial sector |
| 14.00 | Who is a volunteer? Frederica de Graaf, volunteer of the First Moscow Hospice, Russia |
| 14.45 | Lunch |
| 15.15 | The method of therapeutic recreation in rehabilitation of children and their family members during and after the illness. Anna Vorotnikova, coordinator of education of the volunteers, DobroMore Center, Russia |
| 16.00 | On patnership, attention and creative content in the work with seriously ill children. Konstantin Sedov, «Bolnychye Klouny» (CliniClowns), Russia |
| 16.45 | Coffee break |
| 17.00 | Activities in the working groups: 1. The role of information and IT-technologies in charity 2. Is it possible to make charity self-sustaining? Dobro More project. 3. The training session «Clowns in a hospital» 4. The training session «Emotional burn-out» 5. Round table for young people |
| 18.00 | Vespers and confession |
| 19.30 | Dinner |
| 20.00 | Tea. A conversation with an interesting person.Frederica de Graaf |
July 7, Sunday
| 9.30 | Holy Liturgy, celebrated by archbishop Tikhon of Podolsk | 11.30 | Conclusions. Closing of the Volunteer Day. |
| 12.00 | The charity action «White Flower» |
| 15.00 | The visit of ill children with Konstantin Sedov |
Address: Wielandstraße 11, 47799 Krefeld
Contact: +49 178 5408805, Alina Titova
+ 49 176 21214717 Elena Palchinsky
Subject to changes! The actual version can be found on www.orthodiakonia.de.
Hurry to do good!
Berlin: Our volunteer Nina translates for Masha Laputina.
Masha and our volunteer Sergey
Photos: the festival as seen by our volunteers
On May 19, in Moscow, in the Marfo-Mariinsky convent, the White Flower charity festival has taken place. The orthodox relief service “Miloserdie” has been organizing the festival annually for already 9 years. This year the feast turned out to be the biggest for all years – thousands of Muscovites and city guests have came to the convent, and about 4 million rubles have been collected in total.
This year, in the framework of the interaction between Diakonia and “Miloserdie”, the experts of “Miloserdie” held a number of webinars on technologies and the preparation process of the festival. Three Diaconia volunteers – Elena Palchinskaya from Krefelda, Olga Schmidt from Wiesbaden, Irina Simonova from Berlin – were able to visit Moscow Our volunteers could directly participate in preparing and holding the festival, were in the midst of it. They have learned and seen a lot. Elena Palchinskaya is reporting:
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