
At the end of the event His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia summed up the results of the meeting. The formal part of the meeting was followed by a concert.
Focuses of the Christmas Educational Readings:
Christmas parliamentary meetings
Church activities in education and catechesis
Publishing activities of the Church
Tradition. Dialogue. External relations
Church and culture
The life of the Church and the patristic heritage
Interaction of the Church with governmental and nongovernmental institutions and mass media
Church and Cossacks: ways of churching and cooperation
Mission ministry of the Russian Orthodox Church
Interaction of the Church with the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies
The Church and young people
The Church and prison ministry
Person, society and the Church in social-cause ministry
Spiritual education in the Russian Orthodox Church and spiritual and moral upbringing in higher education
Ancient monastic traditions in modern days
Traditions of Eastern Orthodox church construction
The Christian family is a home Church
Eastern Orthodoxy and sports
Eastern Orthodox bioethics
Information courtesy of Bishop Ivan Laptev