A: Yes, the institute has a YouTube channel with videos explaining some of the specialized training courses, as well as important activities and events. You can access it through: Click here

A: Yes, the institute has begun offering the “Basic Training Course” via a “distance learning” mechanism. It was prepared within the framework of selecting and adopting high-quality technologies that ensure the active participation of trainees, ensuring maximum benefit for participating churches, as if the trainees were actually present in the training halls at the institute’s headquarters. The electronic registration procedures for churches and dioceses, admission requirements, and course fees will be announced on the institute’s website.

ج/ نعم بدأ المعهد فى إطلاق بعض الكورسات المتخصصة الجديدة عن طريق آلية “التعلم عن بُعد” في سبتمبر 2020 ، هذه الكورسات المتخصصة هى : الكنيسة وإدارة التغيير، الكنيسة والتطوير المؤسسى، الكنيسة والتواصل الرقمى، الكنيسة والإدارة الاستراتيجية، إدارة منظومة الخدمة، الكنيسة وتنمية المجتمع. ويتم الإعلان عن موضوعات تلك الكورسات ومواعيدها ومحتواها وخطوات التقدم والتسجيل وطريقة دفع الرسوم الكترونيا، وذلك على الموقع الالكترونى الرسمى للمعهد. كما يتم فتح باب التسجيل الالكترونى على صفحة “أخبارنا” بالموقع الالكترونى الرسمى للمعهد. يمكنكم التعرف على البرامج التدريبية المقدم والتسجيل بالضغط هنا

The academic degrees awarded by the Institute (Diploma, Master’s, Doctorate) are accredited by the Academy of Theological Sciences and Coptic Studies.

The trainee will receive a certificate of participation in the basic training course, provided he/she commits to attending no less than 75% of the training sessions. He/she will also submit a graduation project, implemented in collaboration with the group participating in the course, which will be presented in the presence and with the blessing of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II at the graduation ceremony, which is held every two years. The trainee will also receive a certificate of participation in the basic training course.

Yes, the institute already provides consulting services to dioceses and churches in the areas of institutional development and conducting evaluation studies of development programs and church projects.

Yes, the institute works to disseminate the idea of ​​institutional development for the church and the developmental approach to ministry through seminars, scientific conferences, forums, periodicals, printed materials, studies, and research, and making them available through print and audio publishing, Christian media, and constructive social communication.

The institute targets church service leaders involved in administrative management within churches, whether clergy, consecrated ministers, or volunteers, at various levels and responsibilities, and from the following categories:

1. Bishops, especially newly ordained bishops
2. Priests, especially those in charge of their churches, as well as monastic fathers assigned by the church presidency to pastoral services in specific churches
3. Monastic fathers nominated for service inside or outside Egypt
4. Consecrated ministers (especially clerical candidates for the priesthood) and consecrated female ministers
5. Church administrative directors and full-time employees of various church projects, programs, and services (such as hospital or clinic directors, school principals)
6. Church council presidents and members, especially those responsible for church projects, the ministry of the Brothers of the Lord, youth and women representatives, and public relations officers In the Councils
7. Leaders and secretaries of church services, and secretaries of various sectors within the church (such as church education, youth services, the Brothers of the Lord service, the Scout service, etc.)
8. Heads or members of the boards of trustees of Christian institutions and the boards of directors of Coptic civil society organizations emanating from—or cooperating with—the various Coptic Orthodox churches, especially institutions working in the field of development and service projects that serve the communities in which Coptic churches are located.

The first semester begins on the first of September and ends the third week of December.

The second semester begins on the fourth week of January and ends on the last of June, including a break for the end of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter holidays. Classes then resume until July of each year, followed by the summer vacation in August.

Yes, the institute’s training team is keen to reference all sources and references used in each training session and academic content. The institute also documents and publishes successful models in dioceses and churches inside and outside Egypt on the institute’s website, periodicals, and publications.

The form shown is published on the institute’s official website www.copticad.institute. We can also answer any questions or inquiries on WhatsApp number 01274440865.

Is there a channel for the institute on YouTube?

The institute uses “adult education” methods, including “training sessions,” which respond to the different types of intelligence of trainees (linguistic, kinesthetic, musical, introspective, interpersonal, etc.) to achieve optimal learning. It also follows the “experiential learning” model, which is the main approach for all training topics. It also provides practical, applied models that embody development methods.

The Institute’s logo emulates the model presented by Jesus Christ in the miracle of the five loaves and two fish (in the Gospel of the Blessing) (Matthew 14:14-21) (Mark 6:30-44), (Luke 9:10-17), (John 6:5-14); a model for the Church in managing the service, where human effort in planning, organizing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and optimal use of resources meets with the divine work of grace and blessing, resulting in a spiritual abundance in all areas.

Candidates from churches and dioceses, including clergy, servants, members of church councils, and priests.

Preparing a cadre of church leaders (clergy, ministers, and church councils) capable of making a qualitative leap in ministry leadership and meeting the expectations and needs of the people. Awarding specialized certificates in church management and development sciences accredited by the Academy of Theological Sciences and Coptic Studies.

Yes, the training programs offered by the Institute are based on instilling biblical thought in institutional work in ministry and presenting scientific methods that help churches develop their ministry in the field of church management and adopt a developmental approach in a practical, applied manner that suits the unique character of the Coptic Orthodox Church as a spiritual institution that seeks, first and foremost, the salvation of the souls of its children.