On the 12^th of October, the Primacy of Araratian Pontifical Diocese hosted the launch of Children’s Bible New Testament DVD-s. This New Testament DVD-s are the outcome of the joint efforts of the Bible Society of Armenia and Araratian Pontifical Diocese. They contain 128 video stories. They are presented by the young members of the deaf community. A sign language specialist Zubeyda Melikyan and Father Yesayi Aetenyan have helped them a lot with that.

His Eminence Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan, the Vicar of Araratian Pontifical Diocese, extended gratitude to the BS of Armenia for the project, emphasizing that the DVD was yet another step to bring the deaf closer to God.

Eva Thomi, the General Secretary of the Swiss Bible Society, Eckart Schultz-Berg, German Bible Society partner, Superintendent of the Lutheran Church in Stuttgart, partners of the German Bible Society were present at the event. Their visit to Armenia aimed at gaining more acquaintance with the BS of Armenia projects and develop the collaboration.

The translation of the Bible in sign language and the making of video stories started in 2012. The Old Testament DVD-s in the mother tongue of the deaf came to light in spring, 2017, with 237 stories.

The DVD-s are distributed for free and soon will be available also online.