On Wednesday, February 15, 2023, corresponding to Amshir 8, 1739 AH, the regional training course activities began in ““Ecclesiastical Management” organized by the Coptic Institute for Ecclesiastical Management and Development (COPTICAD) To the monastic community of the Monastery of the Virgin Mary in Al-Muharraq, Assiut, and to a number of priests in the Diocese of Manfalut, which is held under the patronage of His Grace Bishop Bigol, Bishop and Abbot of the Monastery of the Virgin Mary in Al-Muharraq, and His Grace Bishop Theophilus, Bishop of Manfalut and its dependencies..
The course, which is scheduled to continue until next Sunday, February 19, 2023, will be attended by approximately 40 priests and monks from the Muharraq Monastery, the churches of the village of Rizqa al-Deir, affiliated with the monastery, and the Diocese of Manfalut. The training course will be held at the Holy Family Cultural Center at the Muharraq Monastery..
His Grace Bishop Bigol, the head of the monastery, kindly opened the course, which aims to train participants on the principles and methods of church management, wise management, institutional work, and the development approach in church service, through interactive training and workshops in which groups of trainees participate..
The training is being conducted by a team from the Coptic Institute for Church Management and Development, led by the Dean of the Institute, Dr. Magdy Latif Al-Sindi.. وIt is worth noting that this is the first training course offered by the institute to the monastic community of one of our thriving monasteries in 2023. It is also the sixth regional course offered by the institute since 2022 to the dioceses of northern Upper Egypt in Assiut, the Delta region in Ebiar in the Diocese of Tanta, and the dioceses of Upper Egypt.. وThese courses come in response to the recommendations of the eighth seminar of the Holy Synod, which was held in November 2021..
To watch the speech of His Grace Bishop Bigol, Head of the Monastery of the Virgin Mary (Muharraq), and COC Channel’s coverage of the session’s activities: Click here
