Patriarch Chrysostom to students: «Fortify yourselves in the knowledge and virtue»übersetzt

In a climate of enthusiasm and joy, the students returned to the school halls after the break for the start of the new academic year. The Venerable Metropolitan of Patria Chrysostom, having completed the Liturgy with the beginning of the new academic year at the Experimental Gymnasium and Experimental Lyceum of the University of Patria, as well as at the Ecclesiastical Lyceum of Patria and the Triantio Vocational School. At the Experimental Schools of the University, the Venerable spoke about the value and worldly knowledge and sophia, but primarily about the value of divine wisdom and the struggle so that the new man may acquire virtue. Addressing his paternal love to the children, he emphasized that our children are the golden hope of our society and our Homeland. They are the purse of their parents, the Church, the entire community. Along with paternal advice, he also offered heartfelt prayers for health, progress, joy, wise use of time, fellowship through love, mutual support, and respect for personal integrity. The foundation of our life is God. "Place this foundation in your lives and all else will follow," said the Hierarch to the students and studentesses of the Schools. At the Ecclesiastical Lyceum of Patria, the...