Dedication of orthodox chapel in Kaluga Oblast
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On June 22, 2011 as part of the arrangements commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War beginning, Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of the Kaluga Oblast and Alexey Golubnichiy, Director General of Gazprom transgaz Moscow took part in the dedication ceremony for the orthodox chapel in honor of St. George the Victorious as well as in the burial ceremony for the remains of soviet soldiers and officers killed during the war.
Public address by Alexey Golubnichiy, Director General at funeral meeting
The ceremony of the new chapel dedication was headed by Clement, Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk, Kaluga Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The chapel is founded at the premises of the war memorial in the Barsuki settlement, Mosalsk District, Kaluga Oblast in memory of the Red Army soldiers and commanders who heroically battled with Nazi invaders. Scouting forces working in the Mosalsk District are still finding the remains of the soldiers killed between 1942 and 1943. Search raids are arranged every year on the eve of the war beginning.
The chapel at the premises of the war memorial in the Barsuki settlement was built owing to Gazprom transgaz Moscow. Kaluga Diocesan Restoration and Production Enterprise acted as a customer of the chapel construction.
The memorial ensemble consisting of a military honor memorial, a tomb of soldiers and officers’ remains, an orthodox chapel, an information desk illustrating the history of battles for the Varshavskoye Shosse will be the major monument not only in the Mosalsk District, but in the entire Kaluga Oblast.
Background
Gazprom transgaz Moscow is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom. The company is in charge for gas transmission to Russian customers (in the amount of 90 billion cubic meters of gas per year) and to foreign customers as well. The company completely meets the gas demand of Moscow (28 billion meters cubic per year) and over 400 towns in 14 regions of the Central Federal Okrug. The total amount of transported gas is about 275 billion cubic meters per year.
Belousovskoye Line Pipe Operation Center (Belousovo), a branch of the company, is operating in the Kaluga Oblast.
One of the social policy objectives of Gazprom transgaz Moscow is to render assistance to the veterans and to care for the historic heritage of the country.
In 2011 on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War beginning Gazprom transgaz Moscow is arranging a number of events, including the foundation of a chapel in the Kaluga Oblast.
Between 1942 and 1943 in the area of the present Kaluga Oblast the Soviet forces were fighting long and bloody for the Varshavskoye Shosse – a strategic point on the way to Vyazma.