On October 22, 2026, the First St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) Interregional Forum "Together for a Healthy Generation" was held at the Tambov Theological Seminary. It brought together representatives of the medical and scientific community, the clergy, government authorities and public organizations.
The main topics of the meeting were the preservation of reproductive health, family support, motherhood and childhood, infertility and abortion prevention. The participants discussed how to build cooperation between doctors, government agencies, the Church, and the public in addressing these challenges.
Before the opening of the forum, Metropolitan Theodosius of Tambov and Rasskazovsky celebrated a prayer service to St. Luke in the Kazan Cathedral in Tambov. Addressing the participants, the metropolitan recalled the ministry of St. Nicholas, an outstanding surgeon and confessor of the faith, and emphasized the importance of cooperation between medicine and the Church in helping people.
At the plenary session, the Minister of Health of the Tambov Region, M.V. Makedonskaya, presented a regional strategy for maintaining reproductive health. O.I. Apolikhin, Director of the Lopatkin Research Institute of Urology and Interventional Radiology, spoke about modern approaches to maintaining men's health and active longevity. The director of the Ivanovo Research Institute of Motherhood and Childhood named after V.N. Gorodkov, A.I. Malyshkina, devoted her speech to women's health issues. A separate report was devoted to the medical contribution and ministry of St. Luke.
The work continued at three round tables. The participants discussed issues of youth health, the interaction of medical and spiritual care, as well as interdepartmental cooperation in demographic policy. The program was complemented by book exhibitions about the holy healers and the Tambov period of St. Luke's life.
The forum was organized by the Government and the Ministry of Health of the Tambov Region, the Tambov Diocese, and the regional office of the World Russian People's Council.