Overview
- The decree, signed by Metropolitan Ignaty, was published by the Saratov Metropolis and assigns named clergy to specific facilities.
- Radio Svoboda reports the list covers 17 women’s consultations plus two perinatal centers within state hospitals in the city.
- The document tasks clergy with pastoral care for patients and medical staff, with coordination led by Priest Boris Burlakov of the diocesan family protection department.
- The text cites the aim of closer cooperation between the diocese and medical institutions as part of church social work priorities.
- The measure follows Ignaty’s October appeal to regional health officials to admit clergy to consultations, while the decree provides no details on implementation methods or official responses.