On December 8, 2024, with the blessing of Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, the Educational Service Commission of the Astana Diocese organized an international online carousel titled “Countries and Peoples: Mexico.”
This event continued the series of five games under the banner “Countries and Peoples”, focusing on Christianity in Serbia and Montenegro, Greece, Mexico, South Africa, and North and South Korea.
Teams of school and university students from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Lithuania participated in this intellectual competition. A total of 13 teams took part, including 10 from Sunday and general education schools and Orthodox gymnasiums, and 3 from parish youth clubs.
The quiz included 20 questions on the history, culture, and the religious and ethnic composition of the population of the United Mexican States.
Winners and Prize-Winning Teams:
Sunday School Group
First Place:
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New Generation (Ascension Cathedral, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan)
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Pokrov Kids (Pokrov-Nicholas Church, Klaipeda, Lithuania)
Second Place:
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Rays of Light (St. Nicholas Church, Tonshaevo, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia)
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Radonezh (All Saints Church, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan)
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Little Radonezh (All Saints Church, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan)
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Joy of Faith (St. Sebastian-Magdalene Church, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan)
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Kindhearts (Central Sunday School, St. Nicholas Cathedral, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Third Place:
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My Joy (St. Seraphim of Sarov Church, Chapaevo, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan)
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Pokrov (St. Eleutherius of Rome Church, Stepnogorsk, Kazakhstan)
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Stanichniki (St. Michael the Archangel Church, Presnovka, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan)
Youth Club Group
First Place:
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Agape (St. Michael the Archangel Church, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)
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East-Express (St. Vladimir Church, Chemolgan Station, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan)
Second Place:
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Galilee (Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg Church, Konaev, Kazakhstan)
The next online carousel, titled “On the Way to Bethlehem,” is scheduled for December 22, 2024. Questions for the intellectual tournament are available on the “Orthodox Internet Carousel” website.
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