Faith, family and speech culture were discussed with students and schoolchildrentranslated

As part of the Week of Parental Love, the rector of the parish of the Church of the Skitkovskaya Icon of the Mother of God in Gomel, Archpriest Maxim Kolevatov, held meetings with students of Gomel State University named after Francis Skorina and students of secondary school No. 32.

At the invitation of the dean of the Faculty of Physical Culture of the F. Skaryna State University, Archpriest Maxim met with students and discussed with them issues of faith and moral choice. The conversation was devoted to what it means to be a Christian in the modern world, what the Church is and what place the Gospel commandments occupy in a person’s life.

A separate topic was the culture of speech. The meeting participants talked about the problem of foul language and a person’s responsibility for his words.

At the end of the Week of Parental Love, Archpriest Maxim Kolevatov also met with eighth-graders from secondary school No. 32 in Gomel.

They talked with schoolchildren about traditional family values, the meaning of a complete family, love, care and kindness in relationships between loved ones. The priest drew the children's attention to the need for a grateful attitude towards their parents and a careful attitude towards family ties.

The topic of the conversation was also the action “Me and my family...