[{"body":"The management of the correctional center receives another letter of thanks addressed to Tatyana Piskareva The administration of the Kromsky district of the Oryol region expresses its gratitude to the believer for her \"assistance in solving problems of improvement\" and \"gratuitous assistance to the residents of the village of Kromy in the field of housing and communal services.\"\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Piskareva in Oryol","date":"2025-03-14T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/orel4/index.html#20250314","regions":["oryol"],"tags":["gratitude"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The enterprise where Tatyana Piskareva performs forced labor expresses its gratitude to her for her \"conscientious work, professionalism and responsibility.\" The letter of thanks also notes: \"Your inextinguishable energy, hard work and concern for work does not leave anyone indifferent.\"\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Piskareva in Oryol","date":"2025-03-01T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/orel4/index.html#20250301","regions":["oryol"],"tags":["gratitude","labor"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"\"The most extraordinary and rare mother is awarded,\" these words begin the certificate of honor, signed on June 1, 2017 by the director of the Research Institute of Pediatrics, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Leila Namazova-Baranova. The diploma was presented to Melana Petrosyan, a resident of Ramenskoye (Moscow region). Together with her husband Suren, they are raising their 13-year-old beloved son David and have been helping him fight a serious illness for 9 years.\nThe award was given to Melana, among other things, \"... for the ability to heroically endure difficulties in the upbringing and treatment of not only her rare child, but also helping other families with the same children, giving love and hope for light and goodness and urging never to give up under any circumstances and life difficulties.\nAccording to family friends, Melania and Suren have always sought and sought the best medical treatment, refuting the myth that Jehovah's Witnesses allegedly \"refuse medical treatment.\" All these years, Melana and Suren were helped in overcoming difficulties by their faith, advice from the holy book of the Bible, and the support of fellow believers. The ban imposed on the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses made life much more difficult for David and his parents.\n","category":"opinions","date":"2017-08-29T17:33:46+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2017/08/209/petrosyan2482_hu_d965e4cbe1528674.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2017/08/209/petrosyan2482.jpg","webp":"/news/2017/08/209/petrosyan2482_hu_330930451a3992f4.webp","webp2x":"/news/2017/08/209/petrosyan2482_hu_b27ebb44fda4cfc0.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2017/08/209.html","regions":["moscow_obl"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["disability","gratitude"],"title":"\"The most extraordinary and rare mother is awarded\"","type":"news"},{"body":"The authorities of the city of Oryol awarded local Jehovah's Witnesses for their active participation in cleaning the city from garbage. Believers were pleased to receive gratitude from the city administration and a gift (book) with the signature: \"In gratitude for a good deed - garbage collection for the benefit of people and nature.\"\nSignature on a gift from the city administration\nJehovah's Witnesses, wherever they live, seek to benefit their neighbors not only by spreading Bible knowledge, but also by participating in various types of socially useful activities. The same is the civic position of Dennis Christensen, one of Jehovah's Witnesses in Oryol who took an active part in the cleanup. Standing knee-deep in the cold water of the Orlik River, he pulled garbage out of the river with a net. All work was carried out free of charge.\nCleaning of the territory in the city of Orel, 2011–2017 In view of this, it is especially paradoxical that Christensen has been languishing in a city pre-trial detention center for almost three weeks on falsified charges of organizing an extremist community. Believers are perplexed, because, according to the city authorities, it is this community that benefits the city. Garbage collection turned out to be the last good deed of Dennis, which he managed to do while free.\nIt is noteworthy that the representative of the Oryol administration sympathized with Jehovah's Witnesses in connection with religious persecution in the country and wished them not to lose their fortitude.\n","category":"opinions","date":"2017-06-14T15:04:32+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2017/06/180/20131026_img_4896_2_hu_2a3c1940e2112dba.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2017/06/180/20131026_img_4896_2.jpg","webp":"/news/2017/06/180/20131026_img_4896_2_hu_4d1db111accf3020.webp","webp2x":"/news/2017/06/180/20131026_img_4896_2_hu_d49d3382de2ae049.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2017/06/180.html","regions":["oryol"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["gratitude","sizo"],"title":"Dennis Christensen, who is languishing in a pre-trial detention center, and his fellow believers received gratitude from local authorities","type":"news"},{"body":"On May 31, 2017, at a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, the President of the country presented Valeriy and Tatyana Novik, Jehovah's Witnesses from Karelia, with the Order of Parental Glory. The award ceremony was also attended by six of Novikov's eight children.\nThe order is awarded to parents with many children who set an example in strengthening the institution of the family and raising children, form a socially responsible family, lead a healthy lifestyle, ensure the full and harmonious development of the personality of children, a high level of care for their health, education, physical, spiritual and moral development.\nIn response, speaking about the spiritual and moral development of children, Valery Novik quoted a text from the Bible, which serves as a guide for him as a parent: \"Guide the boy to the right path; he will not shy away from it, even when he is old\" (Proverbs 22:6).\n","category":"opinions","date":"2017-06-06T06:20:22+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2017/06/176/novik_hu_fd1a40a2f93cd200.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2017/06/176/novik.jpg","webp":"/news/2017/06/176/novik_hu_b3171f3f26c85725.webp","webp2x":"/news/2017/06/176/novik_hu_1225a18b2d2981c7.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2017/06/176.html","regions":["karelia"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["disability","gratitude"],"title":"A family of Jehovah's Witnesses received the order from the hands of the head of state","type":"news"},{"body":"On December 27, 2016, the local organization of Jehovah's Witnesses was solemnly awarded a commendation \"for active citizenship and great contribution to the social life of the city.\" For many years, believers have been enthusiastically involved in maintaining cleanliness and comfort in their native Vladikavkaz.\nHundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses have repeatedly responded to the call for help in improving the recreation areas of citizens, for example, in the vicinity of the Vladikavkaz arboretum and the Sapitskaya Budka forest park. More than 2,300 followers of the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses live in the city, and over the years they have repeatedly received thanks from the head of the city and the heads of prefectures \"for their active life position\", \"for active participation in public life\", \"for assistance in cleaning and restoring order\", for participating in the \"Plant Your Tree\" campaign and other events.\nInterestingly, earlier in 2010, Jehovah's Witnesses contributed a slightly different kind of contribution to the national culture. They published and distributed the first complete Bible in the Ossetian language in the republic. Given that UNESCO had listed the Ossetian language as endangered the year before, the publication of the Bible undoubtedly helps future generations to continue to speak their native language.\n","category":"opinions","date":"2017-01-11T12:26:24+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2017/01/83/image1185_hu_24d215c3109df4c3.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2017/01/83/image1185.jpg","webp":"/news/2017/01/83/image1185_hu_ef4d9c4c62d06c22.webp","webp2x":"/news/2017/01/83/image1185_hu_99a4d73909209621.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2017/01/83.html","regions":["osetia"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["gratitude","pre-ban"],"title":"Vladikavkaz City Authorities Commend Jehovah's Witnesses","type":"news"},{"body":"The support provided by Jehovah's Witnesses for persons with disabilities in their worship buildings has been welcomed by the State of Haiti, which is adjacent to the Dominican Republic. The believers received one of the awards from the hands of the Prime Minister of the country!\nThe first award was received back in 2013, when Haiti was recovering from an earthquake that caused numerous casualties and injuries. The Christian Association of Jehovah's Witnesses Haiti was awarded for its worship building in Les Cayes, which was built to meet the needs of the disabled. In December 2015, another award was received for providing the deaf and blind with modern digital technologies, such as sign language videos and educational literature in Braille.\nRussian Jehovah's Witnesses follow the high standards of their fellow believers abroad. For example, Kingdom Halls are equipped with ramps, widened doors, and wheelchair accessible toilets. In addition to people with limited mobility, hearing-impaired, deaf, visually impaired and blind people receive everything they need to fully participate in worship services. According to the Bible, mercy is one of the most important Christian virtues.\n","category":"opinions","date":"2016-11-25T15:28:38+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2016/11/67/awards-02_hu_59c5be636f5b6d76.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2016/11/67/awards-02.jpg","webp":"/news/2016/11/67/awards-02_hu_50b4ee5ea74b509f.webp","webp2x":"/news/2016/11/67/awards-02_hu_fabb699a082dc367.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2016/11/67.html","regions":[],"subtitle":null,"tags":["disability","pre-ban","gratitude"],"title":"State Awards for Supporting Persons with Disabilities in Haiti","type":"news"}]