Dimitriados Ignatios: "The big problem of our country is demographic"translated

The Consecration of the new, state-of-the-art building that houses the 14th and 15th Kindergarten of Nea Ionia was performed today by Rev. Metropolitan of Dimitrias, Mr. Ignatios, in the presence of the Mayor of Volos, Mr. Achillea Beu, the MPs of Magnesia, etc. Christos Boukorou and Christos Triandopoulos, representatives of donors, local authorities, teachers, parents and children. In his speech, His Eminence particularly focused on two key issues: the acute demographic problem facing our country and the decisive importance of the first years of a child's life for the formation of his personality and character, pointing out that: "First of all, you all know how much we need daycare centers at a time when we need children. The big problem of our country is the demographic one, the reduction of the student population is now noticeable in the country's schools".

Then Rev. Mr. Ignatios referred to the special responsibility that accompanies the education of children during the first years of their lives, stressing that: "Our character is created in the first five years of our lives. The first five years are decisive for our entire life. So, the trust of…