Congratulations to Metropolitan Nikita of Krasnoyarsk and Achinsk on Teacher’s Day and all preschool workerstranslated

The Day of Teachers and All Preschool Workers in Russia is celebrated annually on September 27. In this regard, Metropolitan Nikita addressed those who work in kindergartens and child development centers:

— Dear educators and everyone who serves in preschool educational institutions! I cordially congratulate you on your professional holiday and thank you for your sacrificial work.

The Holy Scripture says: “Train up a young man in the beginning of his way; he will not turn away from it when he is old” (Prov. 22:6). These words perfectly reflect the essence of your ministry. It is in the early years that the foundations of faith, morality and love for the Fatherland are laid in a person. How a child sees the world largely depends on those who are around him in the first years of life.

Childhood is the time when a little person discovers the world around him and learns to distinguish good from evil. The teacher becomes the first mentor for the child after the parents, and sometimes the one who gives him the warmth of his heart when loved ones are not around. Your work is not just a transfer of knowledge and skills, it is a selfless service that requires patience, wisdom and the ability to give of yourself to others.

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