Rustam Minnikhanov visits Kazan religious seminary

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has visited Kazan religious seminary (Chelyuskin street). Archbishop of Kazan and Tatarstan Anastasy met the President by the entrance. He showed classes, workshops, library funds, told about the learning process.

Rustam Minnikhanov visited the icon workshop where senior students learn such subjects as restoration craft and the basics of icon painting. Teachers are specialists from the museum of fine arts, professional restores.

Later on Rustam Minnikhanov and Archbishop of Kazan and Tatarstan Anastasy went to see the class of the ecclesiastical art. RT President was told that the Kazan school of painting and icon painting has always been strong and well-known in the country.

Rustam Minnikhanov also visited classes of Kazan religious seminary including computer class, class of liturgical singing, library, reading hall, book depository. RT President noted that it is important to ensure safety of literature and think about converting it into electronic format, creating electronic database.

Moreover, Rustam Minnikhanov and his party visited the Church of St. John of Kronstadt. The church was built in 1992 at the expense of Kazan eparchy. The consecration of a church was held in 1996.

Chief of RT President’s Staff Yury Kamaltynov, Head of RT Presidential department on interaction with religious associations Marat Gatin, and Chief of Kazan executive committee Aleksey Pesoshin took part in the event.