This year, for the first time, a camp session for parents together with their children was held from 7 to 9 August 2026 at the camp facilities of the parish of St. Boris in Chuncheon, of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea and Exarchate of Japan.
The parents took part in common worship, in confession, in discussions of a spiritual nature concerning the raising of their children, in private conversations with the clergy, in shared meals, and in other common activities. Through these, they had the opportunity to come to know one another better, to feel themselves one family, and to live in an atmosphere of Christian brotherhood.
The Metropolitan spoke with particular joy of the fact that many of today’s parents who took part in the program had themselves once been campers at the very same site.
The last camp session of the Metropolis for this summer came to a close, leaving the participants with a deep sense of fulfillment and with the desire that the end of this camp might mark the beginning of preparations for the next parents’ camp.
We thank and glorify God, the giver of every good thing, for the great blessing of seeing all four camp sessions carried out, and we ask Him to grant health, length of days, and His every blessing to all who labored for the accomplishment of this sacred work of our Church.