Priests of the Chelyabinsk diocese congratulated schoolchildren on the start of the school yeartranslated

On Knowledge Day, priests of the Chelyabinsk diocese took part in ceremonial assemblies and congratulated schoolchildren, teachers and parents on the beginning of the new school year. In the village of Novoandreevka, the rector of the St. Elias Church, Archpriest Dimitry Kudryakov, congratulated the students and teachers of the branch of school No. 22. He wished the schoolchildren God's help in mastering knowledge and presented gifts to the first-graders. At school No. 145 in the village of Smolino, the rector of the St. Vladimir Church of Chelyabinsk, Archpriest Vladislav Vasilevsky, was present at the ceremony. In Miass schools, the dean of the Miass northern deanery, the rector of the “It Is Worthy” Church, Hieromonk German (Chernyshev), took part in the ceremonial events. He congratulated the students, teachers and parents, wished the schoolchildren diligence and good studies, and the teachers strength and wisdom, and presented flowers to the teachers. At the Kremenkul secondary school, schoolchildren and teachers were congratulated by the dean of the Shershnevsky deanery, Priest Igor Ermakov. He wished the students God's help in the new academic year.

Father Igor presented the school director Tatyana Kobyakova with a letter of gratitude from Metropolitan Alexy of Chelyabinsk and Miass for his contribution to the spiritual and moral education of schoolchildren...