2019 March 05, TuesdayOn the 5th of May “The World of the Bible” project was launched in Vedi city, aimed at training teachers of “Armenian Church History” subject. The project is run by the Bible Society of Armenia in cooperation with the Primacy of Araratian Pontifical Diocese and the Christian Education Centre of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
The project in this period is intended for teachers of Ararat Province.
The first meeting of 18 teachers of the region was held in the conference hall of the cultural centre of the city. Varouzhan Barsegyan, the mayor of Vedi, was present in the meeting. Highly appreciating the event, he noted it was a desired environment for him, as well as an honour. He referred to the meeting as a useful event for the region. In his opening speech His Eminence Archbishop Yeznik Petrosyan, the General Secretary of the BS of Armenia, introduced the project to the teachers. He spoke about issues related to the translation and publication of the Armenian Bible, as well as about peculiarities of our two texts, yet in particular, about semantic unity in spite of many differences of the texts. Following his speech, Archbishop Petrosyan gave the mayor Narek Prayerbook as a gift, in appreciation of his support to the project.
After a short break Mrs. Marianna Apresyan, in charge of “Children’s Ministry” project, provided a detailed introduction of the Bible Quiz to be held in the province between the schools of the province, followed by competition with schools of other provinces. She introduced the format of the competition and other details.
At the end of the meeting teachers received five volumes of Bible literature and treasuries prepared for the first stage of the Bible Quiz.
The project comprising eight lectures will be implemented in parallel in Ararat city for the public school teachers of that region.