On November 10, 2024, with the blessing of Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, an online quiz titled “Western European Countries” took place, involving teams of schoolchildren and students from Kazakhstan, Russia, Lithuania, and Latvia.
The event focused on the history and contemporary aspects of Christianity within the cultural and geographical region of Western Europe, which encompasses a group of states united by political or cultural-geographical characteristics.
Nineteen teams participated in the intellectual competition (7 from parish youth clubs and 12 from Sunday and general education schools and lyceums). The quiz included questions testing knowledge of the ethno-confessional composition of the population of Western European countries, the history and culture of the region, as well as questions on the foundations of Orthodox culture.
The winning and prize-winning teams of the intellectual competition were as follows:
Sunday Schools
1st Place:
• “New Generation” (Ascension Cathedral, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan)
• “My Joy” (Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov, Chapayev, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan)
• “Joy of Faith” (St. Sebastian and Magdalene Church, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan)
• “Radonezh” (Church of All Saints, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan)
• “Little Radonezh” (Church of All Saints, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan)
2nd Place:
• “Church of St. Alexander Nevsky” (Kerch, Republic of Crimea)
• “Stanichniki” (Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Presnovka, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan)
• “Seeds of Faith” (Team of Sunday Schools, Kerch, Republic of Crimea)
• “Faith, Hope, and Love” (Iveron-Seraphim Cathedral, Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan)
• “Blagovest” (Annunciation Cathedral, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)
3rd Place:
• “Youths” (Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Cathedral, Rezekne, Latvia)
Youth Clubs
1st Place:
• “Mikhaylovtsy” (Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Maykop, Republic of Adygea, Russia)
• “Agape” (Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)
• “Byzantium” (Church of Christ the Savior, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
• “Galilee” (Church of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg, Konaev, Kazakhstan)
• “Anchor” (Pokrovo-Nikolsky Church, Klaipeda, Lithuania)
2nd Place:
• “Vostok-Express” (Vladimir Church, Chemolgan Station, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan)
The next mini online quiz “Countries and Peoples: Greece” will take place on November 24, 2024.
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