STARITSA FUND FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION The fund is created on blessing of Tver and Kashinsky Archbishop Victor
Home About us Programs Reports News About us In fact charity programs in Staritsa town area started way before official establishment of the «Staritsa» fund. The programs comprised publishing, church restorations and some other benevolent activities. They have been implemented by both organizations’ and individuals’ efforts. It also helped much to forge a team of alike-minded people and colleagues. Two of them have become fund’s Governing Board members - Alexander Shitkov, a local historian and Dmitry Kurdiukov, arch-priest, a clergyman of Kazanskaya (Our lady Kazanskaya) church in (the city of) Tver, the former senior priest of Georgievsky (St. George) church in Urievskoe village, Staritsa town area. We believe their expertise and public prominence would benefit much to expand philanthropy in Staritsa town area. «Staritsa» fund will do its best to raise funding both for preservation of cultural heritage and assisting to similar-purpose organizations in Staritsa town area. In accordance with Charter of «Staritsa» fund Governing Board (Supreme Management body) and Council of Directors (Executive body) have been formed. The members of the Governing Board are the following gentlemen: Alexander Shitkov, Chairman of Governing Board, local historian, a member of Russia Writers Union, a professor in Staritsa pedagogical college; +7 (910) 534-39-45 E-mail: schitkoff@rambler.ru Tatiana Averina, Senior Editor of «Novaya Staritskaya gazeta» (Staritsa New newspaper) publishing; Dmitry Kurdiukov, Managing Director of the fund, arch-priest, a clergyman of Kazanskaya (Our lady Kazanskaya) church in (the city of) Tver; +7 (910) 933-25-82 E-mail: ier_dimitriy@mail.ru Victor Khotiulev, journalist, local historian, surgery department headman in the Staritsa regional hospital named after A. Tutolmin; Oleg Tchaikin, arch-priest, rural dean of Rzhev district in Tver oblast, Senior priest of Voznesenskaya (Ascension) church in (the city of) Rzhev. The Council of Directors members are the following gentlemen : Dmitry Kurdiukov, Managing Director of the fund, arch-priest, a clergyman of Kazanskaya (Our lady Kazanskaya) church in (the city of) Tver; Alexander Galkin, the President of the fund. |