Serron Theologian for the new school year: "Superficial education without faith, virtue and moral background is not enough"translated

The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Serres and Nigris, Mr. Theologos, addresses a fatherly message to the students of the Primary, Middle and High Schools of the Metropolitan Region, on the occasion of the start of the new school year 2026-2027, wishing for a path full of progress, creation and spiritual cultivation. To the children of the Primary School, the Metropolitan describes the school as "your second home" and invites the students to go with a desire for learning, joy and creation, while cultivating their character and building friendships that will be based "on unfailing love, truth, simplicity". He also emphasizes the importance of faith in Christ, whom he presents as "the true Father and friend of children", while underlining that the hope for "a better tomorrow full of love, justice, honesty, truth and humanity" rests on the new generations.

Addressing the middle school and high school students, His Holiness points out that the new school year is a "new course" that combines struggle and joy. He emphasizes that the demands of modern life make "faith, patience, diligence, perseverance" necessary, while he calls on young people to...