Today, H.H. Pope Tawadros II Witnesses the Graduation Ceremony of the First batch of the Institute of Church History in Maadi, with the presence of H.E. Metropolitan Danial, Metropolitan of the Diocese and the Secretary of the Holy Synod and the Dean of the Institute.

The Ceremony included the presentation of a documentary about the educational system and how to join the Institute. In addition, H.H. Pope Tawadros II, H.E. Metropolitan Danial and two graduates gave speeches.

H.H. discussed three points about the effects of history on our lives:
History is life: and the word history is “his story” which means a someone’s story or the story of his life.
History is a teacher: as it continues to teach a person throughout his life
History is set by God: as God is the Master of history and He makes the history
The graduates also presented a documentary about some churches as part of their graduation project.

H.H. then announced about preparations to launch an initiative to document the history of the churches by preparing an encyclopedia titled “Document Your Church”.
The Institute of the Church History will be supervising this project and setting the regulations for it. H.H. announced the allocation of some funds for this project.
At the conclusion, H.H. granted the graduates, which were 41, graduation certificates and some presents, then they took a memorial picture with H.H.

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