At MBOU "Secondary School No. 16" in Osinniki, a meeting of students with a priest was heldtranslated

On November 9, 2026, at Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution “Secondary School No. 16” in Osinniki, a meeting was held between 10th grade students and the Osinniki dean’s assistant for missionary work, diocesan missionary Priest Roman Alekseevsky, who discussed with the children the important topic “A strong family is the basis of statehood.”

Together with Father Roman, the guys talked about the role the family plays in the life of society and every person and why it is considered the foundation of a strong state.

“The state is a big family. If a small cell of society is destroyed, the entire state organism is destroyed. You cannot build a strong country on weak and scattered bricks,” the priest emphasized.

Father Roman told the schoolchildren that in the Orthodox tradition, the family has always been understood as a “small Church.” This is a union based on love, sacrifice and responsibility for each other. It is these qualities that make a person capable of serving society and the Motherland.

The priest drew the children's attention to the importance of honoring elders. He explained that respect for parents is not just a formality, but a basic moral foundation, without which it is impossible to become a truly adult and responsible citizen.

It is in the family...