On January 13, during his visit to the Kazan Virgin Monastery, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov handed in the medal “100th anniversary of the foundation of the Tatar ASSR" to Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Feofan for his significant contribution to strengthening interethnic and interfaith peace and harmony, preservation of spiritual heritage.
In his turn, Metropolitan Feofan noted that the award demonstrates close interaction in terms of interethnic and interfaith peace and harmony.