The Rostov regional branch of the Russian Orthodox Doctors Society (RODS) was created in January 2008 on the basis of the Mother-of-God-of-Kazan Cathedral in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Nowadays the Society comprises 30 medical professionals, including one doctor of medical sciences, 4 candidates of sciences, one honored doctor of Russia. The priest Alexander Novikov, the Society confessor, tells about different lines of activity, including mainly: weekly patients’ visits to the orthodox doctor office; routine travels to villages for health survey of children and adults; conferences, seminars, and lectures on medical subjects.