On May 31, 2018, the XIX research and practical conference «Reading in Memory of St. Luke Crimean (V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky) ” Life. Work. Creativity. Science and Religion “» was held. A prayer service in honor of St. Luke Crimean and Holy Martyr Valentina was held on the territory of Odessa City Hospital №3 named after prof. L.I. Aleinikova at the beginning of the conference.
During the plenary session reports of Archpriest Ioann Poleschuk, professor of Odessa National Medical University O.G.Popov, professor N.F. Bobrova, professor E.V. Maltsev, professor V.B. Khanzhi, professor I.V . Holubovych, professor S.V. Pustovit, associate professor O.P. Kovalenko. and a 1st year student of Odessa National Medical University A.I. Radchenko were heard.
The head of the department of simulation medicine, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine, Professor Oleksandr Gheorghiyovych Popov, who is a long-term member of the Organizing Committee, spoke on “St. Luke and the Present Day”.