With the blessing of Bishop Sergius of Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik, the II All-Russian Elizabethan Congress of Young Orthodox Volunteers "I Sing to My God" was held in Novorossiysk on July 17-18, 2026. It was attended by young delegates from five federal districts and 17 regions of the Russian Federation.
The first day of the congress began with a joint prayer at the festive Liturgy in the church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church. During the service, the youth choir "My Joy" of the Holy Trinity Serafimo-Diveevsky Convent sang.
The plenary session was held at the Admiral F.F. Ushakov State Maritime University. Archpriest Maxim Karpov, Dean of the Novorossiysk District, Priest Anthony Novitsky, head of the Youth Department of the Novorossiysk Diocese, and Captain S.Ya. Sitnikov, Assistant to the Vice-rector for Educational Work and Youth Policy at GMU, addressed the participants with welcoming words. The curator of the first day was the head of the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis of the Rostov Diocese, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences O.V. Shevchenko.
During the work of the sections, the project manager L.Y. Pastukhova told about the new project of the Dobrokhodiki Mercy Lounge. Delegates from the Rostov Diocese presented their volunteer initiatives: the Museum of Living History project (theatrical performances and reconstructions), the labor historical and educational project "More than a Journey..." and the author's educational project "Postcard as a Memory lesson." A lively response was aroused by the literary and musical composition "Tsar Nicholas and his Family" from the delegation of the Neklinovsky district of the Rostov region, dedicated to the memorial day of the holy Royal Passion-bearers. The first day ended with a joint performance of a song that has become a symbol of unity and continuity of traditions.
The second day opened with a thanksgiving prayer service at the church of the Holy Princes Peter and Fevronia in Novorossiysk. During the divine service, which was led by Priest Anthony Novitsky, a prayer was offered to the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna. Then the participants with lilies in their hands walked along the embankment in the "Procession of Angels".
Then the events moved to the Novorossiysk City Theater. The final plenary session, a concert program and the opening of an exhibition of watercolor works "I Sing to my God" by the sisters of the Gethsemane Monastery from the Holy Land took place here. 
The final part of the congress was held in the banquet hall of the Chocolate Hotel. The dean of the Novorossiysk District, Archpriest Maxim Karpov, presented all the delegates with certificates of participants and congratulated the guys on the successful completion of the forum, wishing them further implementation of volunteer projects in their regions.