Sunday Schools - Department of Christian Education

Central Council of Sunday Schools

VISION

The Department of the Christian Education of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Canada has established Central Council of Sunday Schools, for children and youth, enabling all Canadian/Armenian children access to the teachings of the Armenian Apostolic Church through the Holy Badarak and its root, the Holy Bible and Holy Tradition.

MISSION

The development of universally applied, standardized curriculum, based on the Orthodox teachings of the Armenian Apostolic Church, combined with home and community, allowing the instruction of the principles and beliefs in all Armenian Apostolic Churches in Canada.

MEMBERS

Director	Mrs. Georgina Sarkisian
	St Gregory the Illuminator
	Armenian Apostolic Church Sunday School
	St Catherine’s, Ontario
Members
	Mrs. Taline Gumushdjian
	Holy Trinity Armenian
	Apostolic Church Sunday School
	Toronto, Ontario
	Mrs. Seta Tchakerian Mac Lennan
	St. Vartan Armenian
	Apostolic Church Sunday School
	Mississauga, Ontario
	Miss. Alexia Citak
	St. Mary Armenian
	Apostolic Church Sunday School
	Hamilton, Ontario
	Mrs. Houry Hakimian
	St Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral
	Sunday School
	Montreal, Quebec

SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN THE DIOCESE

	St Gregory the Illuminator Sunday School, St Catharines, Ontario
	Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church Sunday School, Toronto, Ontario
	St Vartan Armenian Apostolic Church Sunday School, Mississauga, Ontario
	St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church Sunday School, Hamilton, Ontario
	St Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral Sunday School, Montreal, Quebec

THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2003-2004

The Department implemented a standardized Calendar of Events for the School year 2003-2004.

This Calendar was unique for the schools to follow and concentrate on the same topic on the same date. A second feature to the Calendar was the inception of The Theme of The Month, whereby, the Schools in the Department would highlight a theme or a virtue each month coinciding with the Calendar of Feast Days of the Diocese Armenian Apostolic Church of Canada.

The Department instigated an immediate circulation of a curriculum based on St Catharine’s Sunday School. Those parishes who had curriculum to begin with added the new curriculum to their existing curriculum. Parishes just beginning to formulate a curriculum adapted the one supplied as a base for their individual requirements and unique needs.

The Department initiated a Children’s Armenian Christmas Celebration to accentuate our distinctive heritage amongst the young. Plans were made in Montreal and in Toronto to have these celebrations in January.