Prayer service for the beginning of the school year in Sunday schooltranslated

On October 4, classes began at the Sunday school of the parish of the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in Dokshitsy. According to tradition, the meeting began with a prayer service, which took place after the Divine Liturgy. Priest Pavel Iosko, students, their parents and teachers offered a prayer to the Lord for the gift of understanding and wisdom.

A prayer chant during the prayer service was performed by a choir of Sunday school students led by Olga Zheltkevich. Students who just enrolled in Sunday school received Orthodox prayer books as a gift from the priest.