White flower in the marfo of the mariinsky monastery. PSU students took part in the charity festival "White Flower"

On May 13, 2018 in the center of Moscow - in - the Orthodox help service "Mercy" will hold the annual charity holiday "White Flower".

The brass ensemble of soloists of the Central Military Orchestra of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, as well as the artist Bolshoi Theater Russian Oksana Lesnichaya.

On creative master classes guests will get acquainted with the art of calligraphy, painting acrylic paints ceramics and jewelry, learn how to make felt brooches, paint with sand, weave wreaths, as well as make toys and models of aircraft. For the young guests of the holiday, a special children's program has been compiled: a show soap bubbles, scientific show "Science Mania", outdoor games.

A second-hand bookshop and a charity fair will be open all day at the festival, where guests of the holiday will be able to purchase jewelry, toys and interior items. self made as well as paintings. In addition, guests of the holiday will be able to visit a tour of the most interesting places Martha and Mary Convent, founded at the beginning of the 20th century by Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova.

All day, like a hundred years ago, when the "Days of the White Flower" spent royal family, guests of the holiday will be given fresh white flowers for donations.

All the funds raised at the White Flower will go to support the Petitioner Group, a joint project of the Mercy service and the Martha and Mary Convent.

The petitioner work group supports people in a difficult life situation, helping with the most necessary. The beneficiaries of the project regularly receive food, hygiene products, and medicines. If necessary, employees provide background information on where to get things, find a job, stay overnight. In a difficult situation, the applicant can receive free legal advice. The project provides assistance to more than 700 families every month. In order to help those in need on a daily basis, the Petitioner Work Group needs food, hygiene products, household chemicals and medicines.

Holiday "White Flower" will be held at the address: Moscow, Bolshaya Ordynka, 34 (Marfo-Mariinsky Convent).

More information about the holiday program can be found on the official website of the White Flower.

The Orthodox help service "Mercy" brings together 27 social projects and annually provides assistance to tens of thousands of those in need: seriously ill children and adults, orphans, lonely old people and the disabled, the homeless and HIV-infected. You can support the Mercy service by becoming a Friend of Mercy and making a regular donation for the needs of the service on a special page.

Diaconia.ru / Patriarchy.ru

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On May 13, 2018, the traditional annual charity fair "White Flower" was held in the stauropegial convent of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent of Mercy, which was attended by thousands of Muscovites and guests of the capital.

Divine Liturgy before the start of the holiday was performed by Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevsky, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service, and Bishop Anthony of Akhtuba and Enotaevsky.

At the end of the service, Vladyka Panteleimon addressed the parishioners with a sermon and, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', presented awards to the benefactors of the Martha and Mary Convent. Abbess Elisaveta (Pozdnyakova), the abbess of the monastery, took part in the award ceremony.

Among others, the first director of the Developmental Center for Children with Cerebral Palsy "Elizabethinsky Garden" Anna Prishchenko, the chief physician of the Marfo-Mariinsky Medical Center "Mercy" Ksenia Kovalyonok, and the director of the Elizabethan Gymnasium Natalya Tsareva were awarded the patriarchal diploma, among others.

Then the archpastor performed a thanksgiving service.

During the day, we managed to collect 2,749,510 rubles. All funds raised at the White Flower Charity Fair will be donated to the Petitioner Group.

“The funds raised at the fair will be used to organize assistance to poor people: large families and single-parent families, single pensioners, the disabled and people in difficult life situations, Marina Martynova, head of charitable projects of the Petitioners Group, explained. - Holidays such as the "White Flower" not only unite people around a common goal, allowing them to do works of mercy, but also provide an opportunity for churchgoers to plunge into the culture of Orthodoxy. They see how the Orthodox faith combines life according to the Gospel commandments not only prayerfully, but also actively.”

“With these funds, we will be able to help those in need in the same volume until the end of 2018 and supply the families under care with food and medicine.”, - says Victoria Stronina, head of the Petitioners Group.

The “Mercy” help service has been holding the “White Flower” holiday annually since 2011. Traditionally, at the entrance to the monastery, guests were met by girls with white flowers, which were distributed for donations. At the charity fair, one could find souvenirs and crafts for every taste; creative workshops were devoted to the art of calligraphy, acrylic painting of ceramics and jewelry, wreath weaving. The guests also went on excursions around Zamoskvorechye and the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent.

All day long live music sounded in the monastery performed by the brass ensemble of soloists of the Central Military Orchestra of the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the piano quartet named after. MM. Ippolitov-Ivanov, artists of the Bolshoi Theater and the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singing Center, children's choirs of St. Demetrius secondary school, and the Cossack Circle ensemble also performed. A special program was prepared for children: the performance of the fair Petrushka from the Wandering Nativity Theater, a soap bubble show, and the children's show Science Mania.

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The petitioner work group supports people in a difficult life situation, helping with the most necessary. The beneficiaries of the project regularly receive food, hygiene products, and medicines. If necessary, employees provide background information on where to get things, find a job, stay overnight. In a difficult situation, the applicant can receive free legal advice. The project provides assistance to more than 700 families every month.

The Orthodox help service "Mercy" brings together 27 social projects and annually provides assistance to tens of thousands of those in need: seriously ill children and adults, orphans, lonely old people and the disabled, the homeless and HIV-infected. You can support the service by becoming a Friend of Charity and making a regular donation for the needs of the service on

On this day, live music will sound in the garden of the monastery in the open air, children and adults will be able to participate in creative workshops and games, as well as purchase handicrafts at the charity fair.

Artists of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, the brass ensemble of soloists of the Central Military Orchestra of the Russian Ministry of Defense, soloist of the State Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic" Irina Dogueva (clarinet) and others will perform at the White Flower.

At creative workshops, guests will learn the art of calligraphy, painting ceramics and jewelry with acrylic paints, creating kaleidoscopes, decorating boxes, sand painting, aeromodelling, making postcards, toys and wreaths.

A special children's program has been created for the little guests of the holiday: soap bubble shows, performances by magicians, puppet and interactive performances. Also on the "White Flower" you can see the show of therapy dogs of the "Sunny Dog" project and the performance of the artists of the theater of cats Vladimir Kuklachev.

A charity fair will run all day, where you can buy beads, earrings and brooches, toys and handmade interior items, as well as paintings. And of course, according to the age-old tradition, thousands of white flowers will be distributed in the monastery for donations.

This year, all funds raised at the "White Flower" will be directed to the work of the Rehabilitation Center for children with cerebral palsy - a joint project of the "Mercy" service and the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent. Here they help children with movement disorders from Moscow and other regions. Thanks to the work of specialists, it is possible to achieve great success: "lying" children learn to sit, "sitting" - to stand and even move around. You can already support the Rehabilitation Center for Children with Cerebral Palsy.

The White Flower holiday will take place on May 21 from 12.00 to 18.00 at Bolshaya Ordynka, 34 (Marfo-Mariinsky Convent).

On May 13, 2018, in the center of Moscow, at the Martha and Mary Convent of Mercy, the Orthodox Relief Service "Mercy" will hold the annual charitable holiday "White Flower", Patriarchia.ru reports with reference to the Diaconia.ru website.

The brass ensemble of soloists of the Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, as well as the artist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia Oksana Lesnichaya, will perform at the White Flower.

At creative workshops, guests will learn the art of calligraphy, acrylic painting of ceramics and jewelry, learn how to make felt brooches, paint with sand, weave wreaths, as well as make toys and models of aircraft. A special children's program has been compiled for the young guests of the holiday: a soap bubble show, a scientific show "Science Mania", outdoor games.

A second-hand bookshop and a charity fair will be open all day at the festival, where guests of the holiday will be able to purchase decorations, toys and handmade interior items, as well as paintings. In addition, guests of the holiday will be able to visit the most interesting places of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent, founded in the early 20th century by Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova.

All day long, just like a hundred years ago, when the “Days of the White Flower” was held by the Royal Family, the guests of the holiday will be given fresh white flowers for donations.

All funds raised at the White Flower will go to support the Petitioners Group, a joint project of the Mercy service and the Martha and Mary Convent.

The petitioner work group supports people in a difficult life situation, helping with the most necessary. The beneficiaries of the project regularly receive food, hygiene products, and medicines. If necessary, employees provide background information on where to get things, find a job, stay overnight. In a difficult situation, the applicant can receive free legal advice. The project provides assistance to more than 700 families every month. In order to help those in need on a daily basis, the Petitioner Work Group needs food, hygiene products, household chemicals and medicines.

Holiday "White Flower" will be held at the address: Moscow, Bolshaya Ordynka, 34 (Marfo-Mariinsky Convent).

More information about the holiday program can be found on the official website of the White Flower.

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The Orthodox help service "Mercy" brings together 27 social projects and annually provides assistance to tens of thousands of those in need: seriously ill children and adults, orphans, lonely old people and the disabled, the homeless and HIV-infected. You can support the Mercy service by becoming a Friend of Mercy and making a regular donation for the needs of the service on a special page.

On May 13, 2018, the annual celebration of charity "White Flower" was held at the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent of Mercy. The Volunteer Corps of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University has been actively participating in its organization for several years.

The fair collects money for charity projects of the Orthodox help service "Mercy". In total for this day, donations amounted to 2,749,510 rubles. All funds raised will be donated to the Petitioners Group, which provides people in difficult situations with various assistance, from food to free legal advice.

The White Flower holiday has become one of the students' favorites. PSTGU students sell white flowers made by their own hands at the celebration. And every year they choose various techniques works: small flowers on sticks with candy inside, roses from corrugated paper, fabric flower brooches, etc.

Volunteers of St. Tikhon's University also help in organizing the holiday: they distribute food, stand behind the counter, and sell fresh flowers. In addition, students of the faculty of church arts of PSTGU put up for sale several of their works this year.

“You feel amazing! As if you were in that distant XX century, a representative of the aristocracy, came to a charity fair to help people, ”- Ekaterina Tsvetkova, a 2nd year student of the Faculty of History, shared her impressions.

In turn, Elena Krivosheina, a 1st year student of the magistracy at the Faculty of History, admitted that she had wanted to participate in the action for several years, but something always interfered and distracted her. “Now that I finally got out, I don’t regret it at all. This is a very joyful, bright action,” she stressed.

The Volunteer Corps invites all caring people - students and employees - to join the Volunteer Corps of PSTGU. To do this, you need to fill out a short questionnaire.

Text: Karginova Irina, 2nd year student of the Faculty of History, PSTGU

Photos: Ekaterina Tsvetkova, Alexander Filippov