Bishop of Lutsk and Volyn Mykhail and Director of the Volyn Institute named after Vyacheslav Lypynsky of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management Oksana Samoilenko signed a cooperation agreement. The document opens a new page in the history of the Orthodox Church in Volyn and the history of Volyn educational institutions. For the first time in these lands, the Church and an educational institution officially declare their desire to cooperate in the field of spiritual education and Christian upbringing. The solemnity took place in one of the institute's auditoriums in the presence of clergy, teachers, students and media representatives. In her introductory speech, Director Oksana Samoilenko noted that it is impossible to become a mature nation without its spiritual revival. She expressed satisfaction at the initiation of cooperation between the Church and the institute and emphasized that this step is a logical continuation of the development of the institution, which, having the motto "Service to God and the Fatherland," strives to grow precisely on a spiritual foundation. To confirm this, the director read an excerpt from the IAPM Code of Honor: "All students and employees of the academy must cultivate in themselves the spark of God as the embodiment of Christ's teaching in life." Bishop Mykhail, greeting those present with the beginning of a good cause, noted that the agreement does not provide for anything particularly new. Rather, it restores that unity of the Church and science that our glorious ancestors enjoyed in the past. "I am very glad," emphasized the Right Reverend Vladyka, "that the institute's leadership considers it essential not only to produce specialists in their field, but first and foremost cares about the upbringing of the individual, the citizen, the person as the image of God." Finally, the participants of the solemnity jointly served a Moleben invoking the help of the Holy Spirit for the beginning of the good deed. The signing of the agreement is the result of the activity of the chaplaincy service, a structural subdivision of the eparchy's administration. Within the framework of the agreement, the Church will provide spiritual care for the institution, in particular — will appoint a priest (chaplain) for it who will directly perform ministry according to Orthodox canons and traditions. It is planned to arrange the institute's chapel through joint efforts. To date, Bishop of Lutsk and Volyn Mykhail has signed similar agreements with the health care department of the regional state administration, the regional clinical hospital, the Health Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Volyn Oblast, and Lutsk City Polyclinic No. 3.