{"id":495184,"date":"2024-09-11T13:27:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T10:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=495184"},"modified":"2024-09-11T13:27:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T10:27:27","slug":"every-young-person-needs-gods-blessing-archbishop-says-in-new-school-year-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/every-young-person-needs-gods-blessing-archbishop-says-in-new-school-year-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Every young person needs God&#8217;s blessing, Archbishop says in new school year message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Every young person needs the blessing and care of God, whose guiding and protective presence illuminates the mind and reveals the depths of knowledge,&#8221; said Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bac\u0103u on the occasion of the new school year 2024-2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We extend our deepest appreciation to all the educators working in the schools within the administrative-canonical boundaries of the Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u for their efforts last year, praying to Christ the Lord, the Great Teacher of the world, to inspire their work,&#8221; the Archbishop continued.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that educators&#8217; mission is &#8220;to nurture a generation of young people prepared to harmoniously blend the national cultural-religious heritage with interethnic and international values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Ioachim also encouraged students, reminding them that &#8220;school is where they shape their personality, gain theoretical and practical knowledge, and learn to be responsible, tolerant, and altruistic, preparing them to navigate the intercultural European and global landscape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;School is a key stage in any young person&#8217;s development, perhaps the most important in terms of human existence. It is essential for those who want to contribute to making the environment where they live a beautiful, welcoming, and healthy place,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>For today&#8217;s youth, school is &#8220;an opportunity to become better, more competitive, and more educated. It is the time to prepare for life&#8217;s great exams and to accumulate intellectual knowledge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Ioachim concluded by wishing all teachers and students &#8220;health, strength, inspiration, and a successful 2024-2025 school year filled with achievements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasilicaNews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-495171\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif 889w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1024x171.gif 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1536x256.gif 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-2048x341.gif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacau<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Every young person needs the blessing and care of God, whose guiding and protective presence illuminates the mind and reveals the depths of knowledge,&#8221; said Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bac\u0103u on the occasion of the new school year 2024-2025. &#8220;We extend our deepest appreciation to all the educators working in the schools within the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":409177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[23000,24066,12005,2013],"class_list":["post-495184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dioceses","tag-archbishop-ioachim","tag-new-school-year","tag-romanian-orthodox-youth","tag-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}