SUNDAY SCHOOLS’ TEACHERS OF ARMENIAN DIOCESES OF ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH HAVE RETRAINING IN TSAKHKADZOR
Noyan Tapan
July 3, 2009
TSAKHKADZOR, JULY 3, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. With the
consecration of His Holiness Catholicos Karekin II, about 80 teachers
of more than 50 sunday schools of Armenian dioceses of Armenian
Apostolic Church had a retraining in Tsakhkadzor last week. According
to the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin,
the lectures passed on the initiative of Christian Bringing-up Center
of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin and World Vision international
benevolent organization’s Armenian office.
The lectures on the themes of holy-writings, religion, the system of
Armenian church’s ceremonies, symbols, piety traditions, as well as
on the methodical themes were held during the retrainings. The group
discussions followed the day’s discussions, during which the teachers
offered methods for carrying out the teacher-pupil, teacher-parent,
teacher-church cooperation.
Within the framework of the lectures the teachers were given spiritual
literature and certificates.
A conference was held on June 29, which was attended by 20 active
priests promoting activity in one-day schools, who directly supervise
the whole work done at the schools. A discussion on the theme "The
ways of improving the activity of one-day schools" also took place.