Russian priest gives scouts an icon of Christ in New York

Natalya Mihailova | 30 January 2017
Moscow, January 30, Interfax - The Russian Brotherhood of Orthodox Pathfinders has given USA scouts an icon of the Savior Not-Made-By-Hands.
Russian priest gives scouts an icon of Christ in New York

The ceremony was held in New York where the 5th World Scout Interreligious Forum is held these days.

Member of the national council of the All-Russian Scout Association, deputy head of the Brotherhood of Orthodox Pathfinders Hieromonk Dimitry Pershin gave the present to national commissioner of the American Boy Scouts Charles W. Dahlquist to “mark many centuries of friendship rooted in biblical values and focused on the future,” the priest told Interfax-Religion.

The Russian Brotherhood of Orthodox Pathfinders unites Orthodox scouts of the All-Russian Scout Association and is a structure of the Synodal Youth Department.

Since you are here…

…we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong.

Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable.

For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir.

If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life's purpose, family and society.