July 6, Friday

16.00	Registration of the participants
17.00	Prayer in the church and tea
18.00	A short excursion to the places in Darmstadt connected with Elizaveta Fedorovna(Rosengarten, mausoleum)
20.00	Return to the church. Evening tea with bakery, get-together.
21.00	Accomodation in the hotel. Preparation of the poster session

July 7, Saturday

9.00	Arrival and prayer to St. John of Shanghai. Opening of the Volunteer Day, Fr Ilya Limberger
9.30	Talk: On the relationship between Russian and German volunteer movements and about Diakonia’s activities for the year. Alina Titova, “Good Deed”, Germany
10.00	Presentations: Introduction to the work of diaconal groups at German parishes and the volunteer groups of other countries
11.00	Coffee break. Conference photo.
11.30	Talk: On the organization of volunteer work at Caritas and the relationship between church and charity structures. Markus Schwer, Caritasverband Stuttgart
12.15	Talk: On the Purpose and Implementation. Volunteering and charity in Russia. Olga Pozdeeva, charity fund “Reka Detstva”, Moscow.
13.00	Coffee break
13.15	Training seminar: On partnership, attention and creative work with seriously ill children. Konstantin Sedov, Hospital Clowns, Moscow
16.00	Lunch
17.00	The vespers
18.30	Work in sections: Interaction and mutual support of the church and secular charity Burnout and efficiency in volunteer activities. Why and how a volunteer can get happy.
20.00	Conclusions of the work in sections
20.30	Dinner
21.30	Get-together

July 8, Sunday

10.00	Divine Liturgy
12.00	Charity action “White Flower”
13.30	Lunch
14.00	Closing and acknowledgements
15.00	Departure

Addresses:
Jugendherberge Darmstadt
Landgraf-Georg-Str. 119
64287 Darmstadt
Kirche d. Hl. Maria Magdalena,
Nikolaiweg 18,
64287 Darmstadt-Mathildenhöhe
Contact:
+49 178 5408805, Alina Titova,
+49 170 8125818, Denis Sudobin
The program is subject to change! Actual information is on the website.