On January 25, 2010, the Honorable Emblem of St. Tatiana Award Ceremony took place in the St. Isaacs Cathedral. Hertzen Pedagogical University endorsed Valery Fokin’s nomination in the category of “Educator of the Youth.”  The Artistic Director of the Alexandrinsky Theater was honored “For the many years of enlightening and social activities.”  Founders of the Honorable Emblem were: the Council of Rectors of St. Petersburg and the St. Petersburg Eparchy, the Committee on the Youth Policies and Cooperation with Public Organizations, the Pokrov High School Association of the Spiritual and Moral Enlightening, the St. Petersburg Orthodox Seminary and the Committee on Science and Higher Education.