Dedication of the “International Orthodox College - IOC Our Lady of the Earthquake” school at the beginning of the academic year, Thursday, October 8, 2026.translated

Dedication of the “International Orthodox College - IOC Our Lady of Earthquake” school at the beginning of the academic year, Thursday, October 8, 2026.

On Thursday, October 8, His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony (of Tire) held a prayer for the sanctification of the little water at the International Orthodox College - IOC Our Lady of the Earthquake school, on the occasion of the start of the new academic year, in the presence of the school director, who sanctified the elder icon, Father George (Maalouf), and sanctified the senior priest, Father Daniel (Debs), and sanctified Father Silwan (the priest), along with the school’s educational and administrative staff, on Thursday, October 8. 2026. Then His Eminence toured the school, where he sanctified the classrooms, desks, and playgrounds with holy water. After that, His Excellency gave an orientation speech in which he addressed the importance of education and the role of the school in building the human being, stressing the need for knowledge to be integrated with values ​​and morals, and for the academic year to be an occasion for growth in knowledge, faith, love and giving, asking the Lord to bless the educational process, preserve the educational and administrative family and students, and grant them a fruitful academic year with goodness and success.