The Head of the Metropolitan District held a prayer service at the beginning of the school year for students of Sunday and general education schools of Almaty

August 31, 2024. Almaty. After the Divine Liturgy in the Kazan Cathedral, Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan held a prayer service before the beginning of the new school year.

Together with the Head of the Metropolitan District, the following prayed: vicars of the Astana diocese - Bishop Claudian of Taldykorgan and Bishop Veniamin of Talgar; the dean of the churches of Almaty, the rector of the St. Nicholas Cathedral, Archpriest Valery Zakharov, the key keeper of the Nativity of Christ Cathedral, Archpriest Alexander Gaichenya, the clergy who served at the Liturgy.

The prayer service was attended by: teachers and pupils of the city Sunday schools, students of general education schools and secular educational institutions of Almaty.

The chants were performed by the combined children's choir of the Sunday schools of the Southern capital under the direction of N. Golovina.

During the service, special petitions were offered for the granting of reason, wisdom, strength and power to the students in mastering all good and useful knowledge.

At the end of the service, Metropolitan Alexander addressed the congregation with a parting word, gave a blessing and wished the young people God's help, health and success in all things.

The participants in the service received icons as a keepsake - the Feodorovsky and Kazan icons of the Mother of God, as well as a sweet gift.