New York, June 23, 2010
The group will also have a chance to visit Moscow and Novodevichi and Sretensky monasteries. There are ten participants from three ROCOR dioceses.
According to Fr Andrei Sommer, Vice Chairman of the Synodal Youth Committee, “It takes a special person to want to travel the distance [from the U.S.] to the White Sea in order to make a difference. These kinds of youth of our church will be magnets for other youth in the future.”
The Fund for Assistance and the Moscow Diocesan Youth Committee are sponsoring the trip.