On October 14, 2026, a solemn ceremony of awarding the laureates of the international literary Prize was held in Moscow as part of the III All-Russian Festival of Contemporary Church Art "To See and Hear".
The award brought together writers, journalists, authors of media projects and blogs who address the themes of faith, Christian culture, and human spiritual experience in their works. In 2026, the competition received more than 350 applications from 42 regions of Russia and seven countries — Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan. The short list of the award includes 35 works in six nominations. The chairman of the jury was the rector of the Gorky Literary Institute, writer Alexei Varlamov.
In the Electronic Media nomination, Vladimir Legoyda, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church—Society Relations and the Media, editor-in-chief of the Thomas magazine, became the winner for the author's program "Parsuna" on the Spas TV channel. The award was presented to him by Alexey Shaposhnikov, Chairman of the Moscow City Duma.
Tatiana Romanenko (Tutta Larsen) with the series of documentaries "Profession is a mother", Anna Shepeleva with the author's program "Literary Navigator" on Vera radio, Olga Izmailova with the video interview "Metropolitan", Sergey Knyazev with the documentary "Arkhipovo's Heart" and Alyona Sokolovskaya were presented in the same nomination. — with the documentary "His soul left his body twice. The story of Priest Georgy Romanovsky".
Among the winners of the See and Hear award in other categories are church projects and authors addressing the themes of faith, spiritual experience, culture and man: in the Short Story category — Ekaterina Mayevskaya with her work "Medical Mystery"; in the Novella category — Roman Bogoslovsky with his work "Silouan of Athos"; in in the "Essay" nomination — Yaroslav Leontiev with the work "Arkady"; in the "Essay" nomination — Dmitry Shevarov with essays on St. Ignatius Bryanchaninov; in the "Blogging" nomination — priest Viktor Nikishov with the project "Priest Nikishov. Thoughts about faith. Sometimes it's not serious" (Belarus).
Special awards of the International Literary Prize were awarded to writer Olesya Nikolaeva "Fidelity to Christian Ministry" for the collection of short stories "Family Theology" and Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk "For asceticism in the book business".
The solemn evening was opened by the Moscow Synodal Choir, who performed the troparion of the Feast of the Intercession of the Mother of God. The ceremony was hosted by Sergey Shargunov, writer and editor-in-chief of Yunost magazine.
The awards were presented to the laureates by distinguished guests — representatives of the literary, cultural and ecclesiastical community.
The See and Hear Festival has been held since 2023 with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and with the support of the Russian Academy of Arts. This year, the jury of the award included Alexey Varlamov, Sergey Shargunov, Archpriest Vladimir Vigilyansky, Igor Volgin, Alexander Akopov and others.