On November 23, 2023, the grand opening of the Republican Student Olympiad in Surgery with international participation took place at VSMU. The rector of the university, Alexey Chukanov, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. Within of 2 days the teams from BSMU (Minsk), VSMU, GSMU (Gomel), GrSMU (Grodno), RNRMU (Moscow), SSMU (Smolensk), Siberian State Medical University (Tomsk) will compete in various surgical specialties.

On November 21, 2023, in hostel No. 5, a meeting-dialogue between VSMU students and the head of the Diaconal Center of the Vitebsk Diocese, Inna Kostyukovich, took place on the topic “Professional choice: about the vocation of a doctor.” The speech by the head of the Diaconal Center was dedicated to the famous surgeon and scientist, St. Luke Voino-Yasenetsky, saint, doctor Evgeniy Sergeevich Botkin.

On November 22, 2023, the final of the Republican interfaith charity event “Restoration of the Shrines of Belarus” took place. We are united by history and faith” in the Memorial Church in honor of All Saints (Minsk).

VSMU carries out consistent work to preserve historical memory in order to strengthen interfaith and national unity. In the Year of Peace and Creation, volunteers of the “Kind Heart” detachment of VSMU within the framework of the Republican charity event “Restoration of the Shrines of Belarus. We are united by history and faith" and the youth festival "Easter Blagovest" held actions to restore order on the territory of the Holy Intercession Cathedral in Vitebsk. As part of the Action conversations took place among VSMU students with the Archbishop Dimitri of Vitebsk and Orsha, the priest of the Holy Protection Cathedral in Vitebsk Boris Slutsky, and the Head of the Diaconal center of the Vitebsk diocese Inna Kostyukovich.

On the eve of the New Year, the Palace of the Republic is preparing a real holiday for children and their parents called the Main Christmas Tree of the Country! This winter, on the stage of the Great Hall of the Palace of the Republic, viewers will see the magical, fantastic New Year's fairy tale “The New Year's Time Machine” with bright decorations, costumes and wonderful music.

The main Christmas tree of the Country will take place:

from December 23 to 25, 2023 and from December 28 to 30, 2023 at 11:00, 14:30 and 18:00;

December 31, 2023 at 11:00, 14:30;

January 01, 2024 at 17:00;

from January 2 to January 5, 2024 at 11:00, 14:30, 18:00.

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