The international prize “Faith and Loyalty”
About the program

On 13 December, on the day of St. Andrew the
The First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation and the Centre, pilot astronaut of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union Oleg Yuryevich Atkov is the head of the awards committee.
At the ceremony winners are awarded a winner’s diploma, decorations of the Prize
The International Prize is awarded by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of St. Andrew the
The winners of the Prize include
(the titles are relevant at the moment the Prize was awarded):
· Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow and All Russia
· Archbishop Augustine (Markevich) of Lviv and Galicia
· President of the Foundation of the Unity of Orthodox Peoples (Moscow) Valery Alexeyev
· His Eminence Amphilochius, Archbishop of Cetinje, Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral – Eparch of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
· Director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Irina A. Antonova
· People’s Artist of the USSR, President of the International Union of Musical Actors, Hero of Socialist Labour, the great singer of the modern times, Irina K. Arkhipova
· Archimandrite Ephrem, Hegumen of the Vatopedion Monastery on the Holy Mount of Athos
Among the award winners (position as at the time of the Prize)
- Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow and All Russia
- Archbishop of Lviv and Galicia Augustine (Markevich)
- President of the Foundation of the Unity of Orthodox Peoples (Moscow) Valery Alexeyev
- Archbishop of Cetinje, Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral – Eparch of the Serbian Orthodox Church His Eminence Amphilochius
- Director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Irina A. Antonova
- People’s Artist of the USSR, President of the International Union of Musical Actors, Hero of Socialist Labour, the great singer of the modern times Irina K. Arkhipova
- Hegumen of the Vatopedion Monastery on the Holy Mount of Athos Archimandrite Ephrem

Oleg Yu. Atkov
Chairman Awarding Committeethe International Prize "For Faith and Loyalty" of St. Andrew the