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Kalmykia Presented the Main Plans for the 80th Anniversary Celebration
The anniversary program brings together services, a procession, educational events, sacred music, and projects to preserve Elista’s church heritage.
In February, the main directions of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Appearance of Christ the Savior in Elista were presented. Key events of the anniversary program are scheduled for September 2026.
Among the announced events are solemn services, the procession “Path of Light”, meetings and lectures, evenings of sacred music, as well as a forum dedicated to religious tourism. Special attention is paid to the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, where the event of 1946 took place.
The preparation is carried out by the organizing committee. In February, RIA Novosti reported on the joint leadership of Archbishop Justinian of Elista and Kalmykia and the head of the Republic of Kalmykia Batu Hasikov; in an April interview, Archbishop Justinian called the head of the region the head of the organizing committee.