With the blessing of His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians ACYOWorld Russia և CIS Regional Forum of the Armenian Church World Youth Union (ACYOWorld) took place on 4-7 February this year. At the invitation of ACYOWorld Central Office, the Forum united about five dozen activist young people of the Dioceses of Russia and Nor Nakhijevan, as well as of Southern Russia and other CIS countries.
The opening solemn ceremony of the Forum began with the Lord's Prayer, then His Eminence Archbishop Movses Movsisyan, the Primate of the host Diocese, read the blessed message of His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, addressed to the young people. The video message of His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, ACYOWorld Spiritual Leader was also heard, and after the welcome speech of the Diocesan Primate, Tovma Archimandrite Khachatryan, ACYOWorld Spitirual Inspector, the director of the Central Office announced the opening of the programme part.
Angelina Aleksanyan, Youth work expert, deputy director for public institutions of ACYOWorld Office, presented the principal tasks of the Forum.
Tovma Archimandrite Khachatryan delivered <> speech, touching upon ACYOWorld mission, regional structure and changes, to the internal and external cooperations, as well as spiritual-youth programs. Angelina Aleksanyan, in her turn, touched upon the essence, goals and issues of the Christian youth work.
The forum was rich in trainings and workshops. In the workshops that launched with <> facilitation method, the young people brought out the present issues through respective questionnaire and discussion, conducted youth needs assessment, then discussed the ways of solving those by presenting their suggestions. All minutes are subject to working out, later on changing into ACYOWorld youth guide.
«Աստվածաշունչը և երիտասարդը» թեմայով բանախոսեց Մինվոդիի Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցու հոգևոր հովիվ Տեր Հայկազուն քահանա Սահակյանը։
«Գաղափարի գեներացում. ծրագրի ստեղծում» դասընթացի շրջանակներում խոսվեց երիտասարդական ծրագրերի, կենսունակ գաղափարների գեներացման և դրանց իրականացման եղանակների մասին։
Համաժողովականները Կիսլովոդսկի Սուրբ Վարդան հայկական եկեղեցում մասնակցեցին Սուրբ և Անմահ Պատարագին ՝ մատուցված ձեռամբ ՀԵՀԵՄ հոգևոր տեսուչ, Կենտրոնական գրասենյակի տնօրեն Թովմա վարդապետ Խաչատրյանի։ Հավարտ Սուրբ և Անմահ Պատարագի Հոգեհանգստյան կարգ կատարվեց՝ ի հիշատակ Մայր Աթոռ Սուրբ Էջմիածնի միաբան Հոգելույս Տեր Մաղաքիա վարդապետ Ամիրյանի։
At the end of the forum, the participants and organizers were awarded letters of thanks, letters of thanks and certificates of participation by the ACYOWorld Central Office, as well as the booklets "Youth Prayer Book" and "Pontifical Words and Messages to the Armenian Youth". The young people agreed to meet in the Homeland within the framework of the ACYOWorld Pan-Armenian Pilgrimage to be held on July 6-10.
ACYOWorld has eight regions: Armenia, Russia and CIS countries, Europe, South America, North America, Middle East Africa, India and East,, Australia և New Zealand. ACYOWorld regional forums provide church-loving youth with the opportunity to jointly assess the needs of young people, identify ways of Christian youth work, and develop mechanisms for involving local youth in spiritual and church life. Regional forums are also a powerful platform for young people to get to know each other better, to work together, to exchange experiences, to dialogue, to collaborate, and to establish strong interdisciplinary ties.
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