Patriarch Kirill visits new memorial to Katyn massacre

July 15, 2012 (patriarchia.ru - machine translation) - After the Divine Liturgy in the newly consecrated church-memorial of Christ's Resurrection in Katyn, a conversation of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill of Smolensk region governor Alexander Ostrovsky.

The same day, the Primate of the Russian Church, the head region and Chairman of the Club of Orthodox Journalists, editor in chief of the portal, "Religion and the Media," A. Tweaks attended the opening ceremony at the historic building of the Smolensk State University, a memorial plaque dedicated teacher Tatiana Nikolaevna Shchipkova, persecuted for their religious beliefs in 70-80s of the twentieth century.

After the ceremony His Holiness departed for Moscow.