he meeting of the head of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District with the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan

The meeting of the head of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District with the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan Состоялась встреча главы Казахстанского митрополичьего округа с первым заместителем руководителя Администрации Президента Казахстана print version October 11, 2019 17:14 On October 11, 2019, in the residence of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Akorda) in the city of Nur-Sultan, a meeting was held between Metropolitan of Astana and Kazakhstan Alexander and the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan D.A. Kaletaev. After exchanging greetings, Metropolitan Alexander told D.A. Kaletaev about the life of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan Okrug , celebrating this year an important historical date - the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the celebration in honor of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of Kazakhstan. The head of the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan noted that His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill in connection with this date blessed the bringing of the “Sign” of the miraculous Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God to the Metropolitan District. Vladyka Metropolitan emphasized that archpastors and clergymen of Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Southeast Asia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and the USA became guests of the festivities, and more than 25 managed to worship the shrine, which was from October 4 to 10, in Alma-Ata thousand believers. The hierarch informed the deputy head of the administration of the head of state about the opening after the full-scale scientific restoration of the Ascension Cathedral of Alma-Ata, which was carried out for more than two years on behalf of the first President of the Republic N.A. Nazarbayev. During the discussion, the activities of Kazakhstan's traditional faiths were discussed in creating an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect in society, strengthening moral principles and countering extremism and terrorism. An exchange of views took place on a wide range of issues concerning the role of traditional religions in the life of Kazakhstan and state-church relations at the republican and regional levels. The meeting was held in a friendly and businesslike atmosphere.