The head of the diocese performed a prayer service before the start of the new school yeartranslated

On August 30, the Head of the Kamchatka Diocese, Archbishop Theodore of Petropavlovsk and Kamchatka, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. At the end of the Liturgy, Vladyka Theodore led a prayer service before the start of the new school year. The prayer service was attended by Natalya Borisovna Nitsenko, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Kamchatka Territory, Anastasia Alekseevna Zakharovskaya, Minister of Education of the Kamchatka Territory, Inessa Erikovna Koirovich, Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Kamchatka Territory, teachers, students, parishioners. Every year on the eve of September 1, prayer services are held in Orthodox churches before the start of the new school year. This is a special rite in which those praying ask for God’s help and blessing in comprehending and understanding good and soul-helping teaching. On this day they pray not only for students, but also for their teachers. Children are blessed before the start of the school year these days in almost all churches in Kamchatka.

The “children’s” prayer service is considered one of the favorite services of the church year. On this day, churches are filled with children and a special atmosphere. At the end of the prayer service, the Head of the diocese addressed those gathered with a sermon.…