"For the life of the world": Training Seminar for Catechists and Theological Educators at I.M. Thessalonikitranslated

With particular success and with the participation of 40 Priests and 110 Catechists of the parishes of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki, 75 Teachers from Schools located within the boundaries of the Holy Metropolis and 25 theology students, the Educational Day "For the Life of the World" was held on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November 2026, at the Educational and Cultural Foundation "Agios Gregory the Palamas" of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki. The Educational Two-day event attempted to recruit and utilize the Synodal text of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the social ethos of the Orthodox Church and the great problems of our time in the educational, cultural and catechetical work of the Church.

The two-day event, attended on both days by the Metropolitan of Miletus, Mr. Apostolos, Abbot of the Holy Patriarchal and Holy Cross Monastery of Agia Anastasia, began with the introductory address of the Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Mr. Philotheos, and was followed by the greetings of the Dean of the Theological School, Fr. Athanasios Gikas, the President of the Department of Theology AUTH Mr. Ilias Evangelou, Emeritus Professor of the Department of Social Theology and Christian…