A spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Irina Rossius, announced today (March 10, 2013) that the ministry is going to attract priests to work with people who have suffered in an emergency situation, according to the Voice of Russia website.
She said that besides the help of rescuers and "secular" psychologists, some people who get into a difficult situation need spiritual guidance as well.
Under the new agreement, the ministry will inform of new disasters the assistance team of specially trained clergymen, sisters of mercy, and lay volunteers affiliated with the Orthodox Church, while a special aircraft will fly them to a response center.
The Russian Orthodox Church reached the agreement with Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov on March 7, after Bishop Pantaleon had consecrated the ministry's new center of psychological aid building.
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