committee of Edessa Syriac School in Sweden, in collaboration with the leaders of Syriac/Aramean clubs, institutions, and organizations, as well as politicians and school officials responsible for the municipality's schools, laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new, larger, and more suitable building for Edessa School in Norsborg (Stockholm).

The foundation stone-laying program included beautiful speeches from the Edessa School Committee, several politicians, and the chairman of the World Syrian Federation, as well as Syriac hymns performed by the school's students.

Before the ceremony concluded, his holiness, the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, arrived, accompanied by several bishops and priests, to bless the project.

After refreshments, the ceremony concluded, and the construction of a new building for the Edessa School to meet the demand of a larger student body will continue.

Finally, we must thank Mr. Sami Rhawi from the School Committee for his enormous and continuous efforts to serve this significant project. He has been watching over this school with a watchful eye since it opened 17 years ago.