Russian Emergencies Ministry will teach church representatives to extend relief assistance in emergency Situations
Moscow, August 31, Interfax – On Tuesday, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and head of Russian Emergencies Ministry Sergey Shoigu signed an agreement on cooperation.
Speaking at the meeting with Shoigu, the Primate said that the agreement covers education of clerics and sisters of mercy involved in emergency remedial actions and makes access to victims easier for church representatives.
“Role of Emergencies Ministry in our country’s life is great. We all pray so that this role decreased: the less cases of emergency, the better,” the Patriarch said.
Nevertheless, he further said, general development of human civilization results in “higher risks of technogenic catastrophes, there’s a very complicated background connected with climate change, and as an outcome of sinful development of human civilization we have such a phenomenon as emergency situations.
According to Patriarch Kirill, the Church starts organizing groups capable of working in emergency situations in each diocese. 13 dioceses have already had such divisions: 147 priests, 65 sisters of mercy and 100 volunteers work in them.
