On August 25, 2026, the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation hosted a working meeting between Mikhail Degtyarev, Minister of Sports of Russia, and Metropolitan Evgeny of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye.
Bishop Meliton of Nizhny Tagil and Nevyansky was also present at the meeting.
During the meeting, the possibility of holding the V International Sports Games of St. Alexander Nevsky in Yekaterinburg in 2027 was discussed.
Over the past two years, the national team of the Sverdlovsk region has been the winner and winner of the main prize of the games — the rolling cup of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
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The International Sports Games of St. Alexander Nevsky are held with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
The first All—Russian games were held in Kemerovo in 2023, and the second in Nizhny Novgorod in 2024. The third international Games in 2025 were hosted by St. Petersburg. The fourth was held in February 2026 in the Leningrad region for the first time in winter sports.
The participants of the games are boys and girls aged 12-14. The main program of the summer Games includes basketball, football, sambo, table tennis, chess and meeting the standards of the WFSK TRP. The winter season program includes bandy, cross-country skiing, biathlon, snowboarding and the standards of the WFSK TRP. The key feature of the games is the combination of a sports component with spiritual and moral education. Each team is accompanied by a spiritual father, a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church and/or other traditional religions of Russia.
Within the framework of the games, a discussion forum "Faith and Sport" is being held, combining cultural, educational, educational, methodological, scientific and informational activities.