Cooperation of the Pedagogical Laboratory of Religious Education of EKPA with the "Initiative" of the Youth Foundation of the Archdiocese of Athenstranslated

The training program for the formation and strengthening of parish primary prevention groups began, with the participation of 40 trainees. On Sunday, November 1, 2026, the first workshop meeting of the new training program was held within the framework of the cooperation of the Pedagogical Laboratory of Religious Education of the Theology Department of the Theological School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) with the "Initiative" for the Prevention of Domestic Violence of the Youth and Family Foundation of the Holy

Archdiocese of Athens.

The cooperation aims at training and empowering volunteers and executives of the parishes, in order to contribute to the formation and operation of parish groups for the primary prevention of domestic violence.

A basic starting point of the program is the recognition of the parish as a living community of relationships, with possibilities for awareness, collective action and the cultivation of attitudes and behaviors that resist violence. Prevention is approached as a systematic process of education, participation and community mobilization, with the aim of challenging stereotypes, strengthening respect...