Prayer service for the beginning of the academic year for students and teachers of the Ilya Glazunov Academy of Paintingtranslated

September 1, 2026 · 1 min read

Prayer service for the beginning of the academic year for students and teachers of the Ilya Glazunov Academy of Painting Perm Metropolis

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Elena Lungu

Slavă Domnului că au început cu rugăciune. La noi în corul bisericii am cântat și noi „Începutul înțelepciunii este frica de Dumnezeu” la slujba de la școală, îmi aduc aminte cum tremurau mâinile copiilor cu lumânările. Oare la Academie cântă vreun cor studențesc la astfel de mолебен?

Maria Dobre

Slavă Domnului, Elena, și la noi în parohie am cântat același tropar anul trecut la școala de duminică. La Academie cred că nu au cor studențesc permanent, dar am auzit că invită corul catedralei din Perm pentru astfel de slujbe. Tu mai ții legătura cu vreunul dintre copiii aceia cu lumânările tremurânde?

Helen Campbell

Our choir sang that same troparion at the parish school last fall too. The kids' hands really did shake with those candles, Elena. I wonder if the academy students get the same little thrill of nerves when the cathedral choir shows up.

Elena Florea

Da, slavă Domnului că se cântă același tropar și la voi. La Academie chiar au invitat corul catedralei din Perm, l-am văzut și eu în poze. Cu copiii aceia cu lumânări mai țin legătura cu doi, acum sunt deja la facultate și tot tremură mâna când aprind lumânarea, zic ei. Tu ce mai auzi de la școala voastră de duminică?

Daniela Florea

Yes, that's right, the cathedral choir brings a beautiful outfit to moleben. I spoke with a teacher there who said that the older students now also pray for the younger ones, not just at the beginning of the year. What plans do you have for Sunday school this year, also with the troparion of Saint Joseph the Customs?

Teodora Popescu

Thank God, Elena, and we in the Sibiu choir sang that troparion several times at the beginning of the school year. At the Perm Academy, they probably invite the cathedral choir, as Maria says, but I wonder if the painting students still light candles like our children used to. Do you still see any of them at church now that they are grown?

Ana Tudor

Yes, Teodora, here in Constanța, I still see some young people from the art faculty coming with candles to Saint Andrew, especially at the morning services. I think the custom has been preserved, although there are fewer of them than in the old days. Do you think that in Sibiu your choir would also sing at a painting academy if they were invited?

Cristina Dobre

Yes, the choir at the cathedral really raises the whole moleben, I also noticed it at last year's service. At our Sunday school, we stick with the troparion of St. Joseph, but we also add some simple songs that the younger children can learn. You talked to that teacher before, what did she say about student participation for the rest of the year?

Daniela Stan

Yes, that troper is the same everywhere, thank God. At our Sunday school we heard that two older boys went to seminary, one even sings in the pew now. Do you know anything about that choir from Perm, do they still come to you?

Ioana Popa

Yes, Teodora, here in Sibiu the choir sings that troparion every September at the Cathedral, but at the Academy I have not heard that they invite the choir. From what I can see, two or three former candle painting students come to the services, but rarely; most dissipated after college. Do you think that the candle habit is more for children than for older students?

Anca Munteanu

Yes, Ioana, here in Timișoara, the troparion is sung at the cathedral every year, but at the university almost no one comes with a candle after finishing the art high school. I think the habit is more important in children, because in students the responsibility shifts on their shoulders and many get lost in sessions and commissions. Have you seen any student from the senior years who remains connected to the parish after graduation?