On Sunday, May 20, 2018, Minsk Theological Academy in Belarus hosted a round table called “Preserving Orthodoxy in the Modern World.” The event brought together youth of Minsk and their counterparts from the Russian diaspora in the US, headed by V.Rev. Andrei Sommer. Fr Andrei talked about youth ministry in the USA, saying that characteristic […]

This year The Prince Vladimir Youth Association is hosting the 3rd “School piggy bank” program to help the St. Elizabeth special needs orphanage in Minsk, Belorussia. Most of the children never had a home and do not know parental warmth. Many of them have complex diagnosis but are given loving attention by the sisters of […]

Generation Z Modern Methods of Youth Service Lecture by V.Rev. Andrei Sommer at the International Conference “Voice of Apostle Andrew the First-Called in Today’s World” November 18-19, 2017 Patra, Greece   The science of sociology calls today’s youth “Generation Z,” that is, adhering to no denomination, living in a post-Christian era. We see this in […]

On October 20, 2017, at the Synodal Residence in New York City The Prince Vladimir Youth Association hosted a symposium titled “The New Martyrs of Russia: 100 Years and Our Future.” Invited were clergymen and scholars who spoke to young people, among others, interested in this momentous anniversary year. Professor Nadieszda Kizenko of Albany University […]

The “School Piggybank” program 2017 was able to build a needed playground for the new school year of the Efimovskay orphanage.     This project was made possible thanks to the efforts of children of the following parishes: St. Alexander Nevsky, Lakewood, St.John the Baptist cathedral, Washington DC, Holy Virgin Protection, Nyack, Holy Epiphany, Boston, […]

Volunteer work and a concert in Efimovskaya correctional boarding school for orphans of the Leningrad region.