25 April, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. The "Joy of the Word" exhibition-fair of spiritual and educational literature has opened in Vitebsk. The event is held in accordance with the republican spiritual and educational program "Family - Unity - Fatherland," the program's organizing committee informed a BELTA correspondent. The exhibition, organized on the lower ground near the Holy Assumption Cathedral at 11 Tolstoy Street, features a diverse range of literature, audio and video products from the publishing house of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, as well as church utensils. The exhibition is open until April 29. The "Family - Unity - Fatherland" program in Vitebsk also includes other events. On April 25, the Chamber Spiritual Theatre of the MBF "Family - Unity - Fatherland" gave a performance on the meaning of life and the problem of suicide at Secondary School No. 10 of the regional center. A play "The Point of No Return," dedicated to the prevention of drug addiction, was shown at correctional colony No. 1. A scientific and practical seminar "The Role of Medicine and Healthcare Workers in Solving the Demographic Problem" brought together healthcare professionals at Polyclinic No. 1. In the coming days, a meeting of employees of the Belarusian Orthodox Church publishing house with pupils of the Velikolechanskoye Children's Home (Vitebsk District) is planned, with the donation of spiritual children's and youth literature to them. Spiritual and educational lectures will be held in Vitebsk schools on the prevention of drunkenness, alcoholism, drug addiction, and other dependencies. A school of mercy sisters will be conducted, along with a scientific and practical seminar "Demographic Well-being: Challenges and Threats, Ways to Achieve It, and Spiritual and Moral Projects," featuring a presentation of an exhibition. The latter will showcase 17 roll-up stands encouraging reflection on the topics of abortion and premarital relationships. One of the most significant events of the week will be a religious procession around the Holy Assumption Cathedral, which will take place on April 29. On the same day, the closing ceremony of the "Family - Unity - Fatherland" program and the "Joy of the Word" exhibition-fair will be held in Vitebsk. During the ceremony, a facsimile edition of the Slutsk Gospel will be donated to the city residents, and a concert by the male vocal ensemble "Blagovest" will be held. The ensemble became a two-time winner of the 52nd International Festival of Sacred Music in Loreto, Italy, in April of this year. -0-

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