Photo credit: Israel | Russian Compound in the center of Jerusalem / Israel with Paul and Larisa /youtube.com
More than a dozen events were held at the Saint Sergius Mission in Jerusalem in the first quarter of this year, the Moscow government website reports with reference to the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society (IOPS).
The IOPS noted that the tradition of celebrating Russian holidays here originated in 2018, and it is still maintained. Thus, a reception was held on the Day of Russia, and an exhibition of photographs from the TASS collection was opened on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Israel. Israeli intelligence minister Gila Gamliel and head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Israel Anatoly Viktorov took part in the events. They were joined by the ambassadors of a number of CIS states, the Orthodox clergy.
A year ago, the first Russian museum opened in Israel. In honor of this event, a commemorative plaque was installed on the wall of the building, which also became the first in Israel in Russian. Three more will soon appear on the buildings of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, the Trinity Cathedral and the Russian Hospital.
The IOPS noted that this year work continued on describing the archive of the courtyard. More than 400 archival files have already been created. They include about 80,000 sheets.
Chairman of the IOPS Sergei Stepashin highly appreciated the work on the creation of the museum.
Russkiy Mir
