The second phase of the project to train church leaders in the ecclesiastical education development project started with the participation of 248 trainee from 14 dioceses.
The project aims to train 1000 priests and ministers on new skills in ecclesiastical education using the Bible, the liturgy, the teachings of the Fathers, the history of the Church and the Coptic identity.
Abba Raphael, the General Secretary of the Holy Synod, delivered a sermon about the characteristics of the Coptic Church.