On the Day of Knowledge, Metropolitan Veniamin visited Minsk City Secondary School No. 218 named after the Venerable Eufrosyne of Polotsk, where he participated in the first lesson of the new academic year.translated

September 2, 2026 · 1 min read

On September 1, 2026, on the Day of Knowledge, the Patriarchal Exarch of all Belarus, Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslawye Veniamin, visited the State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 218 of Minsk City named after the Venerable Eufrosyne of Polotsk," where he participated in the first lesson of the new academic year on the theme "The Multifaceted Nature of Knowledge and the Strength of Spirit in Service to the Fatherland."

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Olimbia Prifti

It's good that Metropolitan Veniamin went to the first lesson himself. The subject of knowledge and service to the country seems to me necessary for our children, especially when they named the school after the sanctuary Euphrosinia. In Gjirokastra, we have few schools that are related to the Church like this, but when it happens, the children remember it.

Sofia Thanasi

Yes, true, Olympia, when the school is named after a saint like Euphrosinia, children more easily associate knowledge with something that goes beyond books. In Berat, at the school near our church, we once had a similar meeting with the priest and my eldest son's class; he especially remembered the part about tireless service. Do you have any concrete examples from Gjirokastra that the children remember?

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