From December 11-13, 2020, Vesenneye Solntse (Vårsol) Social Village in Taytsy, Leningrad Oblast, hosted a children’s Christian retreat entitled “Looking Forward to Christmas.”
The social village in Taytsy was built through the support of Hjelp til Russland Foundation in 2009 for families with own and adopted children and has a chapel and guest rooms. Hjelp til Russland Foundation based in Norway assists various categories of people such as socially vulnerable, retired, underage as well as large families and other needy people.