2019 February 13, WednesdayOn the 12th of February “The World of the Bible” project was launched in Masis 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.
38 teachers of the region first participated in the Vespers. Afterwards Arshavir Kapoudjian, the Projects Director, invited Proto-Archimandrite Zakaria Baghumyan, the Director of the Christian Education Centre of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to address his speech to the gathered.
In his opening speech His Eminence Archbishop Yeznik Petrosyan, the General Secretary of the BS of Armenia, introduced the project to the teachers. He talked 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.
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.