Conversation between a priest and high school students about the dangers of alcoholtranslated

On September 11, the Orthodox Church remembers the Beheading of the venerable, glorious prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John. On the eve of this holiday in the Church of the Ascension of the Lord. Rossony, a meeting was held between the rector of the parish of the church, Archpriest Alexander Gordevich, and high school students of the State Educational Institution “Rosson Secondary School named after. P.M. Masherov."

The priest told the children about the prophet John the Baptist and the reason for his martyrdom. Father especially noted that it was no coincidence that the Church chose this very day to establish a day of sobriety back in Tsarist Russia, and again this day was determined as a day of sobriety in 2014 by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, since the atrocity by King Herod was committed while intoxicated.

During the conversation, Father Alexander told the students how alcohol negatively affects a person’s health and spiritual state, and urged them to set their priorities correctly in the future and lead a healthy lifestyle.

Then Father Alexander gave an educational tour of the church, talked about the structure of the church, its history, and showed church utensils. At the end of the excursion, Archpriest Alexander Gordevich answered...