With great success and participation of clergy and laity members of the Church began, under the known adverse conditions, the free live and distance educational programs of the winter season, implemented, in collaboration with the Holy Dioceses and the Pastoral Training Foundation (PTF) of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens (IAA).
The beginning of the live programs of the Pastoral Training Foundation (PTF) took place in the Holy Diocese of Lefkas and Ithaca, in the presence of Metropolitan Theofilos.
On September 30th, followed the live program that took place at the Spiritual Center of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, the Holy Temple of Saint George in N. Psychiko. The sanctification was performed by Archimandrite Theologos Alexandrakis, Deputy Director of the Pastoral Training Foundation, who after conveying the wishes and blessings of Archbishop Ieronymos, Chairman of the Board of the Pastoral Training Foundation, pointed out on the one hand the purpose and on the other hand the reason and the multifaceted benefits that the participation in the “lifelong learning” programs offers for both the clergy and the laity.
According to the plan of the Pastoral Training Foundation, an additional 23 lifelong programs will be implemented, ie a total of 25 in the Holy Dioceses of Greece. It is pointed out that the live programs follow the health protocols established by the Ministry of Health due to Covid-19.
In parallel with the live programs, on the 1st of October, 6 remote education programs of the Pastoral Training Foundation started as well, two of which in the remote Holy Metropolises of Lemnos, Agios Efstratios and Alexandroupolis.
In the distance programs of the Pastoral Training Foundation have been registered 540 entries, several of which by associates, volunteers and lay members of the Church. These programs are scheduled to end on November 11.
In addition, the Pastoral and Training Foundation, implementing the relevant decision of the Board, has already advanced the process of implementing a new program that has already been approved and will start operating from the beginning of 2021. In the next period the Pastoral and Training Foundation will publish relevant announcements to the interested parties.
